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Contents
Equipment Check List ....................................... 3
Handling Precautions ...................................... 10
Quick Start Guide ........................................... 12
Nomenclature .................................................. 14
Conventions Used in this Manual .................... 20
Attaching the Strap ......................................... 21
Recharging the Battery ................................... 22
Installing and Removing the Battery ............... 24
Battery Level Icons ..................................... 24
Using a Household Power Supply ................... 26
Mounting and Detaching a Lens ..................... 27
Installing and Removing the CF Card ............. 28
Basic Operation .............................................. 30
Main Switch ................................................ 30
Shutter Button ............................................ 30
Using the Electronic Dials .......................... 31
Menu Operations ............................................ 32
Menu Screen .............................................. 32
Setting Procedure ...................................... 33
Menu Selections and Default Settings ....... 34
LCD Monitor ............................................... 35
Reverting to the Default Settings ................ 35
Dioptric Adjustment ......................................... 36
Holding the Camera ........................................ 36
Fully Automatic Shooting .......................... 38
AF-Assist Beam with the Built-in Flash ...... 39
Programmed Image Control Modes ................ 40
Portrait ................................................... 40
Landscape ............................................. 40
Close-up ................................................ 40
Sports .................................................... 41
Night Portrait .......................................... 41
Flash off ................................................. 41
Reviewing Images ................................... 42
Image Review ............................................. 42
Changing the Review Time ........................ 43
Image-Recording Quality ......................... 46
Processing ................................................. 47
Simultaneous Capture in RAW and JPEG Formats ... 48
Before You Start .......................... 21
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Introduction
Fully Automatic Shooting ........... 37
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Setting the ISO Speed ................................ 49
ISO Speed in the Basic Zone Modes ......... 49
ISO Speed in the Creative Zone Modes ..... 49
Selecting the White Balance ..................... 50
White Balance ............................................ 50
White Balance Settings ................................... 51
Custom White Balance ............................ 52
Setting the Color Temperature ................. 53
White Balance Auto Bracketing ................ 54
Setting Processing Parameters ............... 56
Selecting a Color Space .......................... 58
Selecting sRGB .......................................... 58
Selecting Adobe RGB ................................ 58
File Numbering Methods ......................... 59
Continuous Numbering .............................. 59
Auto Reset .................................................. 59
Setting Auto Rotation ............................... 61
Checking Camera Settings ..................... 62
Selecting AF Mode .................................... 64
One-Shot AF for Still Subjects .................... 65
Focusing an Off-Center Subject ................. 65
AI Servo AF for Moving Subjects ............... 66
AI Focus AF for Automatic AF Mode Switching ... 66
Selecting an AF Point ................................. 67
Basic Procedure for AF Point Selection ..... 67
Automatic Selection .................................... 68
Manual Selection ........................................ 68
Registering and Switching an AF Point ... 69
Registering an AF Point ............................. 69
Switching to the Registered AF Point ......... 70
When Autofocus Fails (Manual Focusing) ....... 71
Selecting the Metering Mode ..................... 74
Metering Modes .............................................. 75
Evaluative Metering ............................... 75
Partial Metering ..................................... 75
Center-weighted Average Metering ....... 75
Drive Mode Selection ............................... 76
Self-timer Operation .................................... 77
Using the Eyepiece Cover ............................... 78
Program AE ................................................. 80
Settings for Shooting .................. 45
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Focusing ...................................... 63
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Selecting the Metering Mode and Drive Mode ... 73
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Advanced Operations ................. 79
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