Operating the camera 17
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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.
Be sure that you have removed the lens cover before turning on the camera.
2. Set the mode dial to or other desired shooting mode. See
"Selecting the
Shooting Mode" on page 23
for details.
3. If you need to use the flash for shooting, open the flash.
4. Use the Zoom lever to zoom-in/zoom-out on the subject.
5. Press the Shutter button halfway to set automatic focus.
• Once the focus is set, the focus frame color will turn from white
(unfocused) to yellow-green (focused). If the focus frame color is red and
you press the Shutter button down, it might result in a blurred photo.
6. Press the Shutter button down fully to capture the image.
7. To switch to
Movie
mode, press . The video recording automatically
starts.
• While recording, use the Zoom lever to zoom-in/zoom-out on the subject.
Press again to stop video recording.
• Press
to pause/resume the video recording.
8. To switch to
Playback
mode, press
. In
Playback
mode, you can view
captured images or recorded videos.
• You can press
or to view other images/videos, slide the Zoom lever
to
to zoom-in on a captured image, or slide the Zoom lever to
side to view 9-thumbnail images on the screen.
Remember to follow the on-screen display or slide the Zoom lever to
for
instructions (wherever available). Next, press the 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.
Optical Zoom
Digital Zoom
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