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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................7
Names of the Components .......................8
Rotating the LCD monitor........................11
Operating the Rear Dial ..........................12
Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap....13
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................15
Preparation
Charging the Battery ...............................16
• Approximate recording time and
number of recordable pictures ..........19
Inserting and Removing
the Card (optional)/the Battery ................21
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........23
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................25
• Changing the clock setting ................26
Setting the Menu .....................................27
• Setting menu items ...........................28
• Using the quick menu .......................30
About the Setup Menu ............................31
Holding and using your camera ..............41
Basic
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and record
still picture or motion picture ...................45
• Taking the still picture .......................47
• Recording the motion picture ............47
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............48
• Scene Detection................................49
• AF Tracking Function ........................50
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......51
Taking pictures with your
favorite settings (Program AE Mode) ......53
• Focusing ...........................................54
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the center
of the composition of the picture you
want to take) .....................................54
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......55
• Program shift.....................................56
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................57
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom........................57
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................60
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................61
• Using the Playback Zoom .................62
• Enlarge the focus point
(display focus point) ..........................63
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] Mode .....63
Deleting Pictures .....................................64
• To delete a single picture ..................64
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 100)
or all the pictures ................................65
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ..........66
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash .....69
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ...............................................69
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................74
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........75
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........77
Compensating the Exposure ...................78
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........79
Setting the Light Sensitivity .....................80
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........82
Taking pictures by specifying the aperture/
shutter speed............................................85
• Aperture-Priority AE .........................85
• Shutter-Priority AE ...........................85
Taking picture by setting the exposure
manually ..................................................86
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed .........87
Taking pictures while adjusting color
(My Color Mode)......................................88
• Adjusting the custom settings to
achieve desired effects .....................90
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
pictures (Advanced Scene Mode) ..............91
• [PORTRAIT] ......................................92
• [SCENERY] .......................................93
• [SPORTS] .........................................93
• [CLOSE-UP] ......................................94
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ..........................95
Taking pictures that match the scene being
recorded (Scene Mode) ............................96
• [PANORAMA ASSIST] ......................97
• [PARTY] ............................................98
• [CANDLE LIGHT] ..............................98
• [BABY1]/ [BABY2] .............................99
• [PET] ...............................................100
• [SUNSET]........................................100
• [HIGH SENS.] .................................100
• [FLASH BURST] .............................101
• [PANNING] ......................................102
• [STARRY SKY] ...............................103
• [FIREWORKS] ................................104
• [BEACH] ..........................................105
