The Shooting Menu
Use this menu to access the camera’s advanced shooting controls. You must also
access this menu if you wish to shoot movies instead of stills.
The table below shows the features available from this menu. For details about how to
use the menu, see the next page.
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Self-timer (
)
Give yourself time to get into the picture.
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Light metering
(
)
Switch from standard light metering to spot metering.
Sequence (
)
Take a sequence of up to 45 stills with a single
continuous press of the shutter release button.
Recording mode
(
)
Set the image resolution. (The card’s image capacity
changes accordingly.)
White balance (
)
WB
Set the color-balance method. You can use automatic
balance, or you can set to match the current light
conditions: daylight, overcast, tungsten, or fluorescent.
Special functions (
)
Movie (
)
WHITEBOARD
BLACKBOARD
Set the camera to shoot movies (at 15 frames/sec).
Take pictures of text written on a white writing board.
Take pictures of text written on a black writing board.
Panorama (
)
Take panorama shots.
External flash
(
)
Select this feature if you are lighting your subjects with
an external flash.
Factory
setting
OFF
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ESP
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SINGLE
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HQ
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AUTO
CAUTION
• All settings will return to their factory values if the batteries go dead or are left out of
the camera (with no AC adapter connected).
