VIII
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Common (Optional)
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GETTING TO KNOW
THE CAMERA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mode dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LCD monitor information . . . . . . 1 7
LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the batteries . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the AC power adapter . . . 19
Loading a SD memory card. . . . . 20
Attaching the strap . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Choosing the language . . . . . . . . 21
Setting the date and time . . . . . . 21
Setting the image resolution
and quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
RECORD MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Taking pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the viewfinder . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the LCD monitor . . . . . . . 24
Using the normal mode . . . . . . . . 24
Using the macro mode . . . . . . . . 25
Using the digital zoom . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Taking pictures manually . . . . . . . 29
PLAYBACK MODE . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Zoom Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Displaying thumbnail images . . . . 32
Slideshow display . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Protecting one image/video clip . 32
Setting DPOF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Deleting images . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
MOVIE MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recording video clips . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing video clips . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
TRANSFERRING RECORDED
IMAGES TO YOUR
COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Step 1: Installing the USB driver
on Windows
computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing the USB driver
on Macintosh
computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Step 2: Connecting the camera
to your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Step 3: Downloading images/video
clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
For computers running Windows
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
For computers running Mac OS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
INSTALLING
MGI PHOTOSUITE
®
. . . . . . . . . . 41
INSTALLING
MGI PHOTOVISTA
®
. . . . . . . . . . 42
INSTALLING THE USER’S
MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
INSTALLING
ACROBAT READER . . . . . . . . . 44
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