6 Operating the camera
Eng
lish
Operating the camera
The procedure below is a general guideline for basic operation. It is particularly useful if you
are new to the camera.
1. Press the Power button to turn the power on.
2. Press
>
,
,
, or
to locate desired options (under two
different tabs:
and
), and then press
or
to make selections.
Remember to follow the on-screen display or press
for instructions (wherever
available). Next, press corresponding buttons to access and set more options. At any time, you
can cancel the current operation by pressing
to return to your previous step.
3. Press
to zoom-in or
to zoom-out. (In the Movie Record mode, you can still adjust
the optical zoom before or during recording.)
4. Press the shutter halfway to set automatic focus. Once the focus is set, the focus frame
color will turn from white (unfocused) to yellow-green (focused).
5. Press the shutter down fully to capture.
6. Release the shutter.
7. In the
Movie Record
mode, press the shutter to stop video recording.
8. Press
to view captured images or recorded videos. You can press
or
to move
to different images/videos, press
or
to zoom-in/out a captured image, or press
to view 9 files in the thumbnail view.
9. Press
again to view files in the calendar view (files created in the current month are
displayed by default). Here, you can press
,
,
to move to a thumbnail
and press
to view all files taken on that day. Plus, you can also view files taken in
other months.
• During zoom-in/out, there is a separator in the zoom bar between
and
. For
best image quality, it is recommended to use optical zoom only by keeping the
magnification within
and the separator.
• Flash is automatically turned off in the Movie Record mode.
• The Movie Record mode records both sound and video. The recording time is
continuous, but recording will stop once the memory card space is full.
• In the Movie Record mode, sound is temporarily muted during zoom-in/out.
• Anytime in the Playback mode, you can press
to switch to the Capture mode.
• At any time, you can press the Power button to turn off the camera.
• In Capture or Playback mode, press
to decide what information to show on the
screen.
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