
23
Step 1 Turn the Camera On and Select
A
(Auto) Mode
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:
A
(Auto)
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Indicators Displayed in
A
(Auto) Mode
•
The indicators and photo info displayed during shooting and playback will turn
off after a few seconds (
A
163).
•
When the monitor has turned off in standby mode to save power (the power-
on lamp is blinking) (
A
171), press the following buttons to turn it back on.
➝
Power switch or Shutter-release button
3 5
3 5
Shooting mode
A
displayed in
A
(auto) mode.
Image mode
The combination of image
quality (compression) and image
size is displayed. The default
setting is
L
4000 × 3000.
Internal memory indicator
Indicates that images will be saved on the
camera’s internal memory (approximately
102 MB).
When a memory card is inserted in the camera,
C
does not appear and images will be saved on the
memory card.
Movie options
A movie option is displayed
for movie recording (
A
129,
134).
Vibration reduction icon
Vibration reduction can be
applied to reduce the effects
of camera shake.
D
Functions Available in
A
(Auto) Mode
•
The flash mode (
A
30) can be adjusted, the self-timer (
A
33) and macro mode (
A
36) can be
applied.
•
Brightness (exposure compensation), vividness, and hue can be adjusted with the creative slider
(
A
37).
•
Press the
d
button to specify settings for all shooting menu items (
A
43) according to
shooting conditions. The combination of image quality (compression) and image size can be set
by using the
Image mode
option in the shooting menu.
D
Vibration Reduction
•
See
Vibration reduction
(
A
166) in the setup menu (
A
157) for more information.
•
Set
Vibration reduction
to
Off
when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.