Minolta DiMAGE X Review: Digital Photography Review

Record Menu

Pressing the MENU button while in Record mode displays the Record menu. The menu is spread across three pages covering everything from image size / quality to audio recording and date / time. The layout is simple enough to understand although I'm sure there are more descriptive page names than 'Custom'.

Record Menu

Option	Values / Actions
Basic
Drive mode	Select drive / operation mode: • Single frame • Continuous • Self-Timer • Movie • Audio recording
Image size	Select image size: • 1600 x 1200 (native max.) • 1280 x 960 • 640 x 480
Quality Level	Select image quality mode: • Super Fine (TIFF) • Fine (JPEG) • Standard (JPEG) • Economy (JPEG)
White Balance	Select white balance setting: • Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent
Custom
Digital Zoom	• Off • On
Instant Playback	• On • Off
Voice memo	When enabled the camera automatically records an audio memo for each shot taken: • On • Off
Folder name	• Standard form (nnnMLT) • Date form (nnnymmdd)
Setup1
LCD brightness	Set the LCD brightness by five levels plus or minus the default
Power off	• 1 min • 3 min • 5 min • 10 min • 30 min
Audio signals	• On • Off
Date/Time set	Set the cameras internal clock
Date Format	• yyyy/mm/dd • mm/dd/yyyy • dd/mm/yyyy

Play Menu

Pressing the MENU button while in Play mode displays the Play menu. The menu is spread across three pages, the first is associated with manipulation of stored images, the last two are setup options.

Play Menu

Option	Values / Actions
Basic
Audio Caption	Record a short (max 15 second) audio clip which is attached to this image.
Delete	• This frame [clip] • All frames • Marked frames
Lock	• This frame • All frames • Marked frames [clip] • Unlock frames
Print	• This frame • All frames • Marked frames [clip] • Cancel all
Setup1
LCD brightness	Set the LCD brightness by five levels plus or minus the default
Power off	• 1 min • 3 min • 5 min • 10 min • 30 min
Audio signals	• On • Off
Date/Time set	Set the cameras internal clock
Date Format	• yyyy/mm/dd • mm/dd/yyyy • dd/mm/yyyy
Setup2
Format	Format the SD/MMC card (requires confirmation)
Video output	• NTSC • PAL
Language	• Japanese • English • German • French • Spanish