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Contents
Before Use
Care of the camera ...................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names and Functions of Components......7
Preparation
Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap ........................................12
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................14
Charging the Battery ...............................15
• Charging ...........................................15
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ..........17
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................19
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........20
• Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available recording
time ...................................................22
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................23
• Changing the clock setting................24
Basic
Selecting the Recording Mode ................25
Tips for taking good pictures ...................27
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......27
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................28
• Program Shift ....................................29
Focusing..................................................30
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............32
Recording Motion Pictures ......................35
• Recording still pictures while
recording motion pictures .................38
Playing Back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................39
• Selecting a picture.............................40
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................40
• Using the Playback Zoom .................41
Playing Back Motion Pictures..................42
• Creating Still Pictures from a
Motion Picture ...................................43
Deleting Pictures .....................................44
• To delete a single picture ..................44
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 100) or all the pictures ............45
Setting the Menu .....................................46
• Setting menu items ...........................48
• Using the Quick Menu.......................49
About the Setup Menu.............................50
Recording
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder ..........62
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ................64
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom......................64
Taking Pictures using the Flash ..............67
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................67
• Adjust the flash output.......................71
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................72
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........73
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........75
Compensating the Exposure ...................76
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........77
Taking Pictures Using Burst Mode ..........78
Setting the Light Sensitivity .....................80
Taking Pictures by Specifying
the Aperture/Shutter Speed.....................82
• Aperture-Priority AE ..........................82
• Shutter-Priority AE ............................82
• Manual Exposure Mode ....................83
Taking Pictures with different image
effects (Creative Control Mode) ..............84
