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Contents
Quick Guide ..............................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................7
Names of the Components .......................8
Removing the Hot Shoe Cover ...............11
Operating the Rear Dial ..........................12
Attaching the Lens Cap...........................13
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ..................14
Charging the Battery ...............................16
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ..........19
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................21
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........23
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................25
• Changing the Clock Setting ..............26
Setting the Menu .....................................27
• Setting menu items ...........................28
• Using the Quick Menu.......................30
About the Setup Menu ............................31
Record Still Picture or Motion Picture .....41
• Tips for taking good pictures .............43
(still pictures only) .............................43
• Taking the still picture .......................44
• Recording the motion picture ............44
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE Mode)...................45
• Focusing ...........................................46
• When the subject is not in focus
the center of the composition of
the picture you want to take).............47
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......47
• Direction Detection Function .............47
• Program Shift ....................................48
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) .............49
• Scene Detection................................50
• AF Tracking Function........................51
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......52
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ................54
Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ)/Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom......................54
• Using the Step Zoom ........................57
([NORMAL PLAY]) ..................................58
(Multi Playback) ................................59
• Using the Playback Zoom .................60
(display focus point) ..........................61
[PLAYBACK MODE] .........................61
Deleting Pictures .....................................62
• To delete a single picture ..................62
(up to 50) or all the pictures ..............63
Switching the display of the Screen ........64
the Built-in Flash......................................67
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.......................................67
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................73
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........74
Setting the Light Sensitivity .....................75
Compensating the Exposure ...................77
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket/
Aspect Bracket ........................................78
• Auto Bracket......................................78
• Aspect Bracket ..................................79
Taking pictures by specifying the
aperture/shutter speed ............................81
• Aperture-Priority AE .........................81
• Shutter-Priority AE ...........................81
Taking pictures by setting the exposure
manually ..................................................82
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed .........83
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........84
• MF ASSIST .......................................85
Taking pictures while adjusting color
(My Color Mode)......................................87
• Adjusting the custom settings to
achieve desired effects .....................89
Registering Personal Menu Settings
(Registering custom settings)..................90
Taking pictures in Custom Mode.............91
(Scene Mode)..........................................92
• [PORTRAIT] ......................................93
• [SOFT SKIN] .....................................93