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Taking Pictures
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R4CC960
User’s Guide
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TAKE.FM A5 size
10/12/04
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Setting Photo Quality
Before taking photos using the camera, photo quality (image format,
size, and compression ratio) must be specified. Set photo quality
according to how you plan to use your image data.
Photo quality setting
When taking photos using the camera, images are saved in JPEG or
RAW format. The following table shows image formats and their
compression ratios (RAW format cannot be compressed).
Follow the steps below to set photo quality.
1. Switch the Photo quality/WB lever to the Q position.
2. Rotate the JOG dial to select your desired photo quality.
The selected photo quality is indicated on the status gauge (the
short needle on the right-side of the gauge). For details, see “About
the Status Gauge” on page 23.
3. Return the Photo quality/WB lever to the center position.
Setting White Balance
The white balance function adjusts the camera for different kinds of
lighting. It makes white look the same color in any situation. The
camera has two white balance modes: automatic and manual. In
manual mode you can adjust the setting to suit the subject and
environment. Follow the steps below to adjust white balance manually.
Image format and
size Compression ratio Status gauge
setting Average file
size
2240
×
1488
(JPEG)
1/4 (unchangeable) N about 1.5MB
3008
×
2000
(JPEG)
1/4 (unchangeable) H about 3MB
CCD-RAW - R about 10MB
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Set
ting Auto Exposure (Aperture)
Wh
en you set th
e aperture, th
e mos
t
appr
opria
te
sh
utter
s
p
eed s
ettin
gs
ar
e automa
tica
lly sele
cted. Foll
ow
th
e
st
ep
s b
elow
to
s
et
th
e
aper
tu
re
fo
r a
ph
ot
o.
1.
Rot
at
e th
e sh
ut
ter
speed
dia
l to
AE
.
2.
Rotate th
e aperture rin
g
to se
lect the de
sir
ed value.
3.
Pul
l
th
e s
h
utter
ch
arge
lever
b
ack a
n
d r
elea
se
it.
4.
Fo
cus on
th
e
su
bject.
5.
Pres
s the sh
utter button
a
ll th
e w
ay
down
.
Sh
utter spe
ed is
auto
maticall
y
se
t at a
n
appr
opria
te ex
posure, an
d
a pi
cture
is
taken
.
Note:
W
hen you
se
t NR
(Noise Red
u
ction) to
Hi (High)
in
th
e Film
Sett
ings
sc
re
en
and set th
e exp
osur
e
at more
th
an
2 seconds, noise reducti
on is
automat
ically per
formed aft
er
taking a
phot
o.
While t
he no
ise
re
duct
ion
is be
in
g
performed
, do not turn the power o
ff until th
e
SD
card acces
s
lig
ht
go
es ou
t. If you turn the
power off be
fore the noise r
eduction p
roced
ure is
comp
lete
, the image
is saved
without
noise red
u
ction.
For b
righ
ter
subjects,
fa
st
m
oving sub
jects or
high
er sp
eed
fil
m
, a
high
er
sh
utter sp
eed is recommend
ed.
You can tak
e ph
ot
os lockin
g the ap
ertu
re value m
anu
ally
. For
detai
ls
, see
“Manually
Locking
th
e Ap
ert
ur
e Set
ti
ng”
on p
age
29
.
Exposure compensation
Expo
sure com
p
ens
ation
is us
ed to
al
te
r t
h
e e
x
posu
re
su
ggest
ed
by t
h
e
ca
mer
a. Expo
sure can
be se
t between
AE -2.0 EV
(underex
posure) an
d
AE
+2
.0
EV
(ov
er
exp
os
ur
e).
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2. Rotate the sh utter spe ed dia l to the desi red shutter s peed va lue (1
to 2000) .
Note :
To switch the shutte r speed settin g from auto to m anual, ro tate the shu tter
speed d ial while pre ssing the lo ck-release button.
3. Pres s th e shut ter bu tton h alf way down. B oth the op timal sh utte r
sp eed (optim al ex posure) a nd cur ren t shutter speed a re dis played
in th e vie wfin der . (The op timal sh utter speed is the flus hing
numb er.)
4. Rota te th e ap ertur e r ing until the o ptim al s hu tte r speed match es
the cur rent shut ter sp eed. T he optima l sh utter sp eed n um ber sto ps
flas hing.
5. Focus o n th e subje ct.
6. Press the sh utter button al l the way down to take a ph oto.
Note:
If you se t the shutter s peed at a hig h value, you can sh oot a fast moving
subject with ou t blurring.
To avoid blurring, set the shutter sp eed faster th an “1 sec./ focal le ngt h.”
If you se t a sl ow shutter speed, a trip od is re comm ended.
B (Bulb) shooting mode
Use b ulb sh oo ting mode w hen you need to take picture s at night or in
low light conditi ons . T his m ode keep s the shutter o pen.
1. Rota te the sh utte r speed dia l to B .
2. Rota te the aper ture ring to s elect the desired valu e.
3. Pull back on and r elease th e shutter char ge leve r.
4. Focus on the su bject.
5. When th e exposu re looks right, pr ess th e shutter b utton al l the wa y
down to t ak e th e picture.
Note:
When you set NR (Noise Red uction) to Hi (High) in the Film Settings
scre en and set th e exposur e at more than 2 seconds, noise reduction is
automatically performed after taking a phot o. Do not turn the pow er off
until the SD card acces s lig ht goes ou t. If you turn the p ow er off before
the noise red uction procedure is complete, th e image is saved without noise
red uct ion .
When taking pho tos in B shooting mode , use a trip od or cable release to
preve nt th e picture from blur ring.
Install or remove a cable release as shown in t he illu stration below.
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2.
S
ele
ct
Colo
r
or
Mo
noch
rome
.
If you w
ant co
lor ph
otos, us
e the JOG dial to
s
elect
Color
and
pres
s
th
e
EN
TE
R
but
ton
. Th
e
col
o
r
set
tin
g i
s saved
a
n
d
t
h
e
scre
en
ret
u
rn
s
to
th
e Cam
era
Se
tt
ings
m
enu
.
If
you
wan
t bl
ack a
n
d wh
ite
ph
oto
s,
us
e
th
e JOG
dial
to sel
ect
Mo
noch
rome
an
d pre
ss
th
e
ME
NU
butt
on
. Th
e Monoch
rom
e
Fil
ter
s
creen
is di
spla
yed. Pr
oceed
to step 3.
3.
Sel
ect o
n
e
of
th
e follo
w
ing m
o
no
ch
rom
e filters
usin
g th
e JOG
di
al,
an
d pre
ss th
e
EN
TER
butt
on
.
T
h
e s
ettin
g
i
s sa
ved a
n
d th
e scree
n
re
turn
s to th
e Ca
mera
Settin
gs
me
n
u
.
No
te
:
Whe
n
you
select
a m
o
no
ch
rom
e fil
ter
, you ca
n ta
ke mon
o
chro
me
ph
otos with
a co
lor
filter effe
ct.
Selecting Image Settings
Y
o
u can
s
elect
se
ttin
gs fo
r th
e
foll
owing ima
g
e types
:
St
an
d
a
rd
,
Fil
m
1
,
Fi
lm
2
, or
F
ilm3
.
To ma
ke
F
ilm1
,
Fi
lm2
, or
Fil
m
3
setti
n
gs
, fo
llow the steps be
low.
1.
U
se
th
e JOG dial
to
sel
ect
F
ilm Se
tti
n
g
in
th
e Ca
mer
a Settings
men
u
,
an
d pres
s the
EN
TER
button
. The Fi
lm Setti
n
g scr
een i
s d
ispl
ayed
.
Fo
r de
tai
ls o
n
usin
g th
e men
u
, se
e “
C
amer
a Setti
n
gs m
enu” o
n
page
41
.
2.
Se
lect your de
sir
ed im
age type (
Fil
m
1
,
F
ilm2
, or
Fi
lm3
) a
n
d pr
ess
th
e
ME
NU
b
u
tton
.
T
h
e men
u
for your sel
ectio
n
is
displ
ayed.
3.
U
se
the
JOG
di
al
to
s
elect the
s
ettin
g(s
) you wa
nt a
n
d pr
ess
th
e
EN
TE
R
button
.
You can s
elect
Ed
ge
En
hance
,
Saturat
ion
,
Tint
,
Con
trast
, a
n
d
NR
(
N
o
ise
R
ed
u
ct
io
n
) fo
r
ea
ch
fi
lm
ty
p
e.
4.
U
se the JO
G dia
l to se
lect
Lo
,
Me
, or
Hi
, the
n
p
ress
th
e
EN
TE
R
butt
on
.
5.
Re
pe
at
s
tep 3 an
d 4 t
o
make ad
d
iti
ona
l ch
an
ges.
6.
Wh
en you’re do
ne, sele
ct
Finis
h
and
pre
ss
t
h
e
EN
TER
butt
on.
T
h
e ne
w
values
a
re sa
ved, and th
e scree
n
retur
n
s to th
e Ca
mera
Se
ttings menu.
Using the Flash Fu
nction
An opt
ion
al f
las
h can
be us
ed
wh
en t
akin
g
ph
oto
s under poor
light
in
g
sit
u
ati
o
ns
.
1.
In
st
al
l an o
p
tion
al f
la
sh i
n
th
e came
ra’s
access
ory s
h
oe o
r X cont
act
.
2.
Pull back on an
d r
eleas
e th
e sh
utter
ch
ar
g
e l
eve
r.
3.
Se
t th
e sh
ut
te
r speed
to 1/
125
o
r les
s.
4.
Fo
cus on
th
e
su
bject an
d identify
the le
ngth
betw
ee
n th
e camer
a
le
n
s an
d th
e su
bje
ct
.
5.
S
et
th
e co
rr
es
p
o
nd
in
g
ap
er
tu
re
va
lue fro
m
the
len
g
th
an
d a
p
ertur
e
list. See
the
docum
entation
for
your
flas
h
for
de
ta
ils.
6.
Ro
ta
te th
e aper
ture ri
ng to s
elect the desir
ed
val
u
e.
St
an
da
rd
No
co
lor f
ilt
e
r is
se
le
ct
ed
.
Gr
e
e
n
Suit
ab
le for p
o
rt
rait
s.
Yell
ow
Su
it
ab
le
f
o
r
la
nd
sca
p
e
phot
os.
T
h
e
c
o
lo
r c
o
nt
rast
is
e
nhanc
ed
i
n
t
h
e
ord
e
r of
Ye
llow
, Ora
n
ge
, a
n
d
Red
.
Orang
e
Red
Stan
d
a
rd
Va
lu
es
for
Edge En
hanc
e
,
Satu
ration
,
Ti
nt
, and
Co
ntr
a
st
, are s
et to
Me
(Medium), and
NR
(N
o
ise
Reduction) is set to
Lo
(L
ow
) b
y
d
efa
u
lt.
F
ilm
1 t
o
F
ilm
3
Y
o
u
c
an s
et
y
o
u
r de
sir
ed v
alu
e f
o
r
Ed
ge
En
hanc
e
,
Satur
a
tio
n
,
Ti
nt
,
Co
ntrast
, an
d
NR
(Nois
e Reducti
o
n) us
ing the JO
G dia
l.
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User’s Guide
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TAKE.FM A5 size
10/12/04
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T. Takahashi
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2. Use the JOG dial to select the needle you want to adjust and press
the
ENTER button.
The needles indicate the following:.
Note:
For details, see “About the Status Gauge” on page 23.
3. Move the left or right arrow using the JOG dial and press the ENTER
button. The selected needle is moved by increments of one each
time you press the
ENTER button.
4. Repeat step 3 until the needle returns to its original position.
5. Select Finish and press the ENTER button.
6. To calibrate another needle, repeat steps 2 to 5.
When you’re done, select
Finish and press the ENTER button.
The settings are saved, and the screen returns to the Camera
Settings menu.
Needle Function
E (long needle at the top of the
gauge Number of remaining photos
R (short needle on the right-side of
the gauge) Photo quality
E (short needle at the bottom of the
gauge) Remaining battery power
A (short needle on the left-side of the
gauge) White balance
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