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6 Operating the camera
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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
to turn the power on.
2. Press
>
,
,
, or to locate a 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 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, and then press
, or to move to
different images/videos. You can also press
or
to zoom-in/out a captured image, or
press
to view 9 images on the screen.
• 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
to turn off the camera.
• In Capture or Playback mode, press
to decide what information to show on the
screen.
Optical Zoom
Digital Zoom
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