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Contents
Using The s e Manual s ................ .......................... .. 2
Using Thi s Guide ........................ ............................ 2
Chapter 1 Using Y our Came ra
Section 1 Getting Started
Checking th at Everything is Pac k ed. ...................... 8
Option al Accessori es ........... ................. ........... ............ 9
Names of Parts ............. ................................ ......... 9
How to Use the Mode Dial ............... .................... 11
Using the up/down dial .. ................................ ....... 11
How to use the up/down dial ..... ........... ........... .......... 11
Inserting the Batteries ............................. ............. 12
Using the Batteries ........ ................................ ....... 13
Using the Rechargeable Bat tery ................... ....... 14
Insertin g the Recha rgeable Ba ttery ...... ........... .......... 14
Removing th e Rechar geable Ba ttery .... ................. .... 14
Using the AC Adapter ......... ................................. 15
Setting u p the AC Adapt er .............. ............ ........... .... 15
Removing th e AC Adapter .................... ........... .......... 16
Turning the P o wer On/O ff ................ .................... 17
Turning t he Came ra On ............. ........... ........... .......... 17
Turning t he Came ra Off ....... ................. ........... .......... 17
Inser ting an SD Mem ory Ca rd (A vail able i n Sto res ) .... 18
Insertin g the SD Mem ory Card ....... ............ ........... .... 18
Removing th e SD Memory Car d ........... ........... .......... 19
How to Use the LCD Monitor ........... .................... 20
Screen Ex amples when Shootin g Pictures................ 20
The Scree n During Pla yback ...................... ............... 23
Switching the Screen Dis play.................................... 24
Synchro Monitor M ode ........ ........... ............ ............... 25
Histogram Dis play .... ........... ................. ........... .......... 25
Button Functi ons ........... .......................... ............. 26
The Basi cs of the Shootin g Menu/Pl aybac k Menu .... 27
The Basi cs of the Setup Sc reen .. ............ ... 28
Screens ......................... .......................... ............. 29
Shooting Menu (Shoo ting Mod e) ................ ........... .... 29
Shooting Menu (Aperture Priori ty Mode) .... ..... .......... 30
Shooting Menu (Mo vie Mode ) ........ ................. .......... 31
Shooting Menu (Scene Mod e, excep t in Te xt Mode). 31
Shooting Menu (Tex t Mode) ...... ..... ................. .......... 32
Playbac k Menu ... ................. ........... ............ ............... 32
Scene Sel ection Sc reen (Scene Mode) ...... ........... .... 33
Setup Screen (Setu p Mode) ...... ................. ........... .... 34
Section 2 Basic Shooting
How to Hold the Camera ..... ................................. 36
How to Focus ................ .......................... ............. 36
Shooting Still Images ....................... .................... 38
Checkin g the Focu s and Shoo ting (Ha lf-press) ......... 38
Capturing the Mo ment Shoot ing (Fu ll-press)............. 39
When the Subj ect is not Centered on Yo ur Composi-
tion (Focus Lo c k)..... ......................... .................... 40
Shooting with Scenery-Matc hing................... ....... 41
Combinat ion of Sce ne Mod e and Fun ction ..... .......... 42
Shooting with Multi-Shot .................. .................... 43
Making M ulti-Shot Set tings (CONT. MODE).... .......... 44
Shooting with Multi -Shot ................. ................. .......... 45
Shooting with S Multi -Shot ........ ........... ................. .... 45
Shooting with M Mul ti-Shot ................... ................. .... 45
Shooting Movies...... ................................ ............. 45
Shootin g with Optic a l Zoom .............. ................... 46
Shooting wi th the Digit al Zoom.................. ........... ..... 47
Shootin g Close-ups (Ma c ro Photo) ...................... 48
Using the AF target shift func tion ... ........... ........... ..... 48
Recordin g Voice Memos...... .......................... ...... 50
Section 3 Using Specia l Features for Im-
proved Photography
Using t he Flash .................... .......................... ...... 52
Using t he Self-Timer ................................ ............ 54
Shoo tin g in A pe rtur e Pri ority/M an ual Exp osu re Mo de .. 55
Shooting wi th Set Apertur e (Aperture Pri ority Mode) 55
Shoo ting at Set Sh utt er Speed (Man ual Exposur e Mode) .. 56
Shootin g a Still Image with Sound (IMAG E WITH
SOUND) ............................... .......................... ...... 58
Using t he ADJ. (Adjust) Button ...................... ...... 59
Adjustme nts Using the ADJ. Button ..... ........... .......... 5 9
Changin g the Exposure (EXPOSURE COMP. ) ... 60
Examples o f Exposure Compensa tion ...................... 6 0
Using the ADJ. Butto n (Exposure) ............ ................ 6 0
Using the Shootin g Menu (Expos ure) .. ................ ..... 6 1
Using N a tural an d Artificial Lighti ng (WHITE BAL-
ANCE).. ................................ ................................ 62
Using the ADJ. Butto n (White Bal ance) .... ........... ..... 6 2
Using the Shootin g Menu (Wh ite Balance) ............... 63
Sensitiv ity Settings (ISO SE TTING) ........ ............ 65
Using the ADJ. Butto n (ISO Sensiti vity) .................... 6 5
Using the Shootin g Menu (ISO Se nsitivit y) ..... .......... 66
Changin g Shading for S hooting Text (DE N SITY) 67
Using the ADJ. Butto n (Text Dens ity) ... ................ ..... 6 7
Using the Shootin g Menu (Text Density) ... ...... .......... 6 8
Shoot ing Cons ecut ive ly w ith Diff eren t Whi te B ala nce
(WHITE BALA NCE BRACKET) .. ......................... 69
Choosi ng Picture Qual ity Mode/Image Siz e (PIC
QUALITY/SI Z E) .......................... ......................... 70
About Pictu re Quali ty Mode.................. ................ ..... 70
About Imag e Size ..... ........... ........... ................. .......... 70
Changi ng Pict ure Quali ty Mo de/Image S ize of a Still Im-
age .... ........... ................. ........... ............ ................ ..... 7 0
Changin g the Image Siz e for Sh ooting in TEX T Mod e ..... .. 7 1
Changing t he Image Size of a Movie ................... ..... 7 2
Manual Fo c us Shooting (FOCUS) ................. ...... 73
Manual F ocus Shoo ting.................. ................. .......... 7 3
Shooting a t a Fixed Distance ............... ................ ..... 7 4
Changin g the Light Meter i ng (PHOTO METRY) ... 75
Changin g the Edge Qu ality of Still Ima ges (SHARP-
NESS) .. .......................... ................................ ...... 76
Shoot ing Conse cutiv ely w ith Diff erent Exp osur es
(AUTO BRACKET) ........ ................................ ...... 77
Setting the Shutter Speed (TIME E X POSUR E )... 78
Shootin g Pictures A u tomaticall y at Set I n tervals (IN-
TERVAL) .............................. .......................... ...... 79
Inse rting the Date int o a Still Im ag e (D AT E IMP RIN T) .. 8 1
Returni ng the Shooting Menu Settings to their De-
faults (RE ST ORE DE FAULTS)................ ............ 82
Section 4 Playing Bac k/Deleting Still Im-
ages, Movie s, and Sounds
Viewin g the Photo Yo u Just Took (Qui ck Review) 84
Dis playing an Enlar ged View of the Sti ll Image Di splayed. . 84
Deleting th e Disp layed Stil l Image o r Movi e .............. 8 5
Viewin g a Still Image or Mov ie................. ............ 86
Viewing Still Image s Reco rded o n an SD Me mory C ard .. .. 8 6