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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Adjusting White Balance Manually

Under some light sources, automatic white balance under
the “Auto” setting can take a long time to complete. Also,
the auto white balance range (color temperature range) is
limited. Manual white balance helps to ensure that colors
are recorded correctly for a particular light source.
Note that you must perform manual white balance under
the same conditions you will be shooting under. You must
also have a white piece of paper or other similar object on
hand in order to perform manual white balance.

1.

In the REC mode, press [MENU].

2.

Select the “REC” tab, select “White Balance”,
and then press [

].

3.

Use [

] and [

] to

select “Manual”.

• This causes the object

you last used to adjust
manual white balance to
appear on the monitor
screen.

4.

Point the camera at a white piece of paper or
similar object under the lighting conditions
for which you want to set the white balance,
and then press the shutter release button.

• This starts the white balance adjustment procedure.

The message “Complete” appears on the monitor
screen after white balance adjustment is complete.

• Dim lighting or pointing the camera at a dark colored

object while performing manual white balance
adjustment can cause the procedure to take a long
time to complete.

5.

Press [SET].

• This registers the white balance settings and returns

to the REC mode.

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Страница 1: ...Auto Focus focuses the image automatically The automatic focus operation starts when you press the shutter release button down half way The following is the Auto Focus range Range Approximately 40cm to 1 3 to 1 Keep pressing 왖 until there is no focus mode indicator on the display 2 Compose the image so the main subject is within the focus frame and then press the shutter release button half way Yo...

Страница 2: ...n starts when you press the shutter release button down half way The following is the focus range in the Macro mode Approximately 6cm to 50cm 2 4 to 19 7 1 Keep pressing 왖 until the focus mode indicator shows 2 Record the image The focus and image recording operations are identical to those in the Auto Focus mode You can tell whether the image is focused by observing the focus frame and the green ...

Страница 3: ...nity mode fixes focus at infinity Use this mode when recording scenery and other faraway images 1 Keep pressing 왖 until the focus mode indicator shows 2 Record the image Using Manual Focus With the Manual Focus mode you can adjust the focus of an image manually The following shows focus ranges in the Macro mode for two optical zoom factors Optical Zoom Factor 1X 3X Approximate Focus Range 6cm 2 4 ...

Страница 4: ...the subject Do this Press 왗 Press 왘 Manual focus position Using Focus Lock Focus lock is a technique you can use to focus on a subject that is not located within the focus frame when you record an image You can use focus lock in the Auto Focus mode and the Macro mode 1 Using the monitor screen compose the image so the main subject is within the focus frame and then press the shutter release button...

Страница 5: ...ocking the focus also locks the exposure Exposure Compensation EV Shift Exposure compensation lets you change the exposure setting EV value manually to adjust for the lighting of your subject This feature helps to achieve better results when recording a backlit subject a strongly lit subject indoors or a subject that is against a dark background EV Shift Range 2 0EV to 2 0EV Steps 1 3EV 1 In the R...

Страница 6: ...ft adjust the value until it becomes 0 0 4 Record the image IMPORTANT When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions you may not be able to obtain satisfactory results even after performing exposure compensation NOTES Performing an EV shift operation causes the metering mode to switch automatically to center weighted metering Returning the EV shift value to 0 0 causes the metering mode to...

Страница 7: ...se 왖 and 왔 to select the setting you want and then press SET NOTES Selecting Manual changes white balance to the settings achieved the last time a manual white balance operation was performed You can use the key customization feature page 77 to configure the camera so the white balance setting changes whenever you press 왗 or 왘 while in the REC mode When shooting under these conditions Normal condi...

Страница 8: ... press MENU 2 Select the REC tab select White Balance and then press 왘 3 Use 왖 and 왔 to select Manual This causes the object you last used to adjust manual white balance to appear on the monitor screen 4 Point the camera at a white piece of paper or similar object under the lighting conditions for which you want to set the white balance and then press the shutter release button This starts the whi...

Страница 9: ...cording a similar type of image Example Sample Scene 1 In the REC mode press MENU 2 Select the REC tab select REC Mode and then press 왘 3 Use 왖 and 왔 to select Best Shot and then press SET This enters the Best Shot mode and displays a sample scene 4 Use 왗 and 왘 to select the sample scene you want and then press SET 5 Record the image ...

Страница 10: ...n change to a different one by using 왗 and 왘 to scroll through available scenes When the one you want is displayed press SET Creating Your Own Best Shot Setup You can use the procedure below to save the setup of an image you recorded for later recall when you need it again Recalling a setup you save automatically sets up the camera accordingly 1 In the REC mode press MENU 2 Select the REC tab sele...

Страница 11: ...all Favorites Note that formatting the built in memory page 117 deletes all Best Shot user setups NOTES Best Shot user setups are located in the camera s built in memory after the built in sample scenes The following are the settings that are included in a Best Shot user setup focus mode EV shift value white balance mode flash mode and ISO sensitivity Note that images recorded with this camera onl...

Страница 12: ... 왘 3 Use 왖 and 왔 to select Best Shot and then press SET This enters the Best Shot mode and displays a sample scene 4 Use 왗 and 왘 to display the user setup you want to delete 5 Press 왔 to delete the user setup You can also delete a user setup by using your computer to delete its file in the SCENE folder in the camera s built in memory page 136 ...

Страница 13: ...ot mode lets you record images of two people and combine them into a single image This makes it possible for you to include yourself in group images even when there is no one else around to record the image for you Coupling Shot is available in the Best Shot mode page 65 First Image This is the part of the image that does not include the person who is recording the first image Second Image Making ...

Страница 14: ...ixed for this type of image 6 Next align the focus frame with the subject you want in the right side of the image taking care to align the actual background with the semi transparent image of the background of the first image which is shown on the monitor screen When everything is aligned correctly record the image Pressing MENU any time after step 5 of the above procedure cancels the first image ...

Страница 15: ... on the monitor screen 2 Ask someone else to record a shot of you against your original background telling them to compose the image by using the semi transparent monitor screen image as a guide The camera stores the image produced by step 2 only Depending on how the image is actually composed in step 2 its background may not be exactly the same as the one you composed in step 1 Note that Pre shot...

Страница 16: ...und image is not saved in memory at this time The focus exposure white balance zoom and flash settings are fixed for this type of image 6 Next align the focus frame with the subject composing the subject with the semi transparent background shown on the monitor screen When everything is aligned correctly record the image This records the image composed on the monitor screen in step 6 The reference...

Страница 17: ...e and then press 왘 3 Use 왖 and 왔 to select Movie and then press SET Remaining capacity shows how many 30 second movies can still be recorded to memory 4 Point the camera at the subject and then press the shutter release button Movie recording continues for 30 seconds or until you stop it by pressing the shutter release button again Starting a movie record operation causes optical zoom to be disabl...

Страница 18: ...ct Operating camera buttons during recording can cause button noise to be included in the audio Microphone Movie audio is recorded in monaural The camera focuses automatically whenever you have Auto Focus page 57 or Macro selected as the focus mode Note that the confirmation tone that sounds during the Auto Focus operation will be recorded in the audio If you do not want confirmation tones in your...

Страница 19: ...ness Using the Histogram You can use the DISP button to display a histogram on the monitor screen The histogram lets you check exposure conditions as you record images page 24 You can also display the histogram of a recorded image in the PLAY mode Histogram A histogram is a graph that represents the lightness of an image in terms of the number of pixels The vertical axis indicates the number of pi...

Страница 20: ...0 ISO 200 IMPORTANT Note that the above histograms are shown for illustrative purposes only You may not be able to achieve exactly the same shapes for particular subjects A centered histogram does not necessarily guarantee optimum exposure The recorded image may be over exposed or under exposed even though its histogram is centered You may not be able to achieve an optimum histogram configuration ...

Страница 21: ... Off Image review displays an image on the monitor screen as soon as you record it Use the following procedure to turn image review on and off 1 In the REC mode press MENU 2 Select the REC tab select Review and then press 왘 3 Use 왖 and 왔 to select the setting you want and then press SET Assigning Functions to the 왗 and 왘 Keys A key customization feature lets you configure the 왗 and 왘 keys so they ...

Страница 22: ...era s mode memory feature lets you specify the power on default settings individually for the REC mode flash mode focus mode white balance mode ISO sensitivity digital zoom mode and manual focus position Turning on mode memory for a mode tells the camera to remember the status of that mode when you turn off the camera and restore it the next time you turn the camera back on When mode memory is tur...

Страница 23: ...camera s Flash White Balance and ISO Sensitivity will be configured according to the Best Shot sample scene when you turn it back on again regardless of mode memory on off setting If you turn the camera off while in the Movie mode the flash will be turned off when you turn the camera back on again regardless of mode memory on off setting Resetting the Camera Use the following procedure to reset al...

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