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Table of Contents
How to use this manual....................................................................... 2
Composition of the manual ................................................................. 3
1 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -8
How to use the shooting button and playback button ......................... 9
How to use the direct buttons............................................................ 12
Using the direct buttons .............................................................. 14
How to use the menus ...................................................................... 15
About the menus ......................................................................... 15
Using the menus ......................................................................... 18
How to read the procedure pages..................................................... 20
2 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - - 21
Holding the camera ........................................................................... 22
If correct focus cannot be obtained ................................................... 23
How to focus (focus lock) ............................................................ 23
Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 24
Record mode
............................................................................. 25
Still picture record modes............................................................ 25
Movie record modes.................................................................... 26
Number of storable still pictures/remaining recording time ......... 26
To change the record mode ........................................................ 27
Recording pictures ............................................................................ 28
Relationship between the internal memory and the card ............ 28
Using a card (optional) ...................................................................... 29
Card basics ................................................................................. 29
Inserting a card ........................................................................... 29
3 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32
Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 33
Selecting scene modes by subject (
SCENE
) ................................. 33
Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 36
Using the digital zoom................................................................. 37
Taking close-up pictures (macro)
............................................... 38
Flash shooting
.............................................................................. 39