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 to turn the power on.
By default, the camera is set to
Capture
mode.
2. Compose the image.
Use the
Zoom
lever to zoom-in/zoom-out on the subject.
3. 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). If the focus frame color is red and
you press the shutter down, it might result in a blurred photo.
4. Press the shutter down fully to capture the image.
5. To record video, press . The video recording automatically starts.
• While recording, use the
Zoom
lever to zoom-in/zoom-out on the subject.
During zoom-in/out, by default, the sound is not recorded. To change the
setting, see
"Zoom" on page 47
for details.
• Press again to stop video recording.
6. 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
to view 9-thumbnail images on the screen.
• To switch back to
Capture
mode, you can do one of the following:
- Press the shutter.
- Press .
- Press
.
Remember to follow the on-screen display or slide the
Zoom
lever to
for
instructions on the scene menu (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.
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