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Quick Control/Direct Print button:
You press this button to display the
Quick Control screen, which gives you one way to adjust picture set-
tings. As for the Direct Print button, it’s used to print directly from the
camera to a compatible printer. Chapters 6 covers this printing function.
(Hint: It’s not one that most people need to use.)
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Disp button:
Use this button to toggle the Shooting Settings display on
and off and to change displays when reviewing photos and movies. The
section “Using the Shooting Settings display” discusses this feature in
more depth.
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Set button and cross keys:
Figure 1-9 points out the Set button and the
four surrounding buttons, known as
cross keys.
These buttons team
up to perform several functions, including choosing options from the
camera menus. You use the cross keys to navigate through menus and
then press the Set button to select a specific menu setting. You can find
out more about ordering from menus later in this chapter.
In this book, the instruction “Press the left cross key” means to press
the one that sports the left-pointing arrowhead. “Press the up cross key”
means to press the one with the up-pointing arrowhead, and so on.
The cross keys and the Set button also have nonmenu responsibilities,
as follows:
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After displaying the Quick Control screen (via the Quick Control
button) and choosing a function, press the Set button to enter the
respective setting screen.
Get the full story in the upcoming section,
“Taking advantage of the Quick Control screen.”
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Press the right cross key to adjust the AF mode.
This option controls
one aspect of the camera’s autofocus behavior, as outlined in
Chapter 8.
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Press the left cross key to change the Drive mode.
The Drive mode
settings enable you to switch the camera from single-frame shoot-
ing to continuous capture or self-timer/remote-control shooting.
See Chapter 2 for details.
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Press the down cross key to change the White Balance setting.
The White Balance control, explained near the end of Chapter 8,
enables you to ensure that your photo colors are accurate and not
biased by the color of the light source.
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Press the up cross key to change the ISO speed
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ISO speed deter-
mines how sensitive the camera is to light. Chapter 7 details this
critical exposure setting.
You can customize the function of the Set button; Chapter 11 explains
how. But while you’re working with this book, stick with the default
setup, just described. Otherwise, the instructions we give won’t work.
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