Konica Minolta S304 - Manual (Page 91)

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SETTING THE DATE FORMAT
The date format that is displayed or imprinted can be changed: YYYY/MM/DD (year, month, day),
MM/DD/YYYY (month, day, year), DD/MM/YYYY (day, month, year). Simply select the format and
enter it by pressing the center of the controller; the new format will be displayed on the menu.
VIDEO OUTPUT
Camera images can be displayed on a television (p. 82). The video output can be changed between
NTSC and PAL. North America uses the NTSC standard and Europe uses the PAL standard. Check
which standard is used in your region to play back images on your television set.
On February 20th, 1962, John Glenn became the first
American to orbit the Earth. On board his Friendship 7
spacecraft was a Minolta Hi-matic camera to record that
historic event. The 4 hour, 55 minute, and 23 second flight
orbited the Earth three times at an average speed of
28,000 kph (17,500 mph).
Mr. Glenn visited our Sakai camera factory in
Japan on May 24th, 1963 to plant a palm tree
to celebrate in honor of the occasion. The palm
tree is still in the courtyard of the factory and
stands over eight meters tall (26ft).
The camera? It was not lost. It is on display at
the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D. C.
This and other objects from John Glenn’s Friendship 7 Mercury flight can be found in
galley 210, “Apollo to the Moon“.
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