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Table of Contents
How to use this manual....................................................................... 4
Composition of the manual ................................................................. 5
1 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
Mode dial........................................................................................... 12
Direct buttons .................................................................................... 13
Using the direct buttons in shooting mode .................................. 13
Using the direct buttons in playback mode ................................. 15
Menus ............................................................................................... 17
About the menus ......................................................................... 17
How to use the menus ................................................................ 19
2 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - - 21
Holding the camera ........................................................................... 22
Turning the monitor on/off ................................................................. 23
If correct focus cannot be obtained ................................................... 24
How to focus (focus lock) ............................................................ 24
Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 25
Record mode
............................................................................. 26
Still picture record modes............................................................ 26
Movie record modes.................................................................... 27
Card capacity in number of pictures/recording time.................... 28
To change the record mode ........................................................ 30
3 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31
Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 32
Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 34
Using the optical zoom................................................................ 34
Using the digital zoom................................................................. 35
Taking close-up pictures (macro/super macro mode)
.......... 36
Flash shooting
.............................................................................. 37
Flash intensity control
.......................................................... 41
Slow synchronization
...................................................... 41
4 Advanced shooting functions - - - - - - - - - - - 42
Aperture priority shooting
............................................................ 43
Shutter priority shooting
............................................................... 44
Manual shooting
.......................................................................... 45
My Mode
.................................................................................... 46