Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Reference Guide
- Instruction Manual
- Conventions Used in This Manual
- Table of Contents
- Quick Start Guide
- Supplied Accessories
- Parts & Controls
- Getting Started
- Attaching the Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Installing / Removing the Battery
- Installing / Removing a Memory Card
- Using the LCD Monitor
- Power On
- Date & Time Set
- Setting the Language
- Attaching & Detaching a Lens
- Lens Image Stabilizer
- Basic Operation
- Quick Control Shooting Functions
- Menu Operations
- Formatting a Memory Card
- Switching the LCD Monitor Display
- Feature Guide
- Touch Screen Operations
- Basic Shooting & Image Playback
- Fully Automatic Shooting
- Full Auto Techniques
- Disabling Flash
- Creative Auto Shooting
- Shooting Portraits
- Shooting Landscapes
- Shooting Close-Ups
- Shooting Moving Subjects
- Special Scene Mode
- Shooting Night Portraits (with a Tripod)
- Shooting Night Scenes (Handheld)
- Shooting Backlit Scenes
- Quick Control
- Shoot by Ambience Selection
- Shoot by Lighting or Scene Type
- Image Playback
- Advanced Shooting Operations
- Program AE
- Setting the Image-Recording Quality
- Changing the ISO Speed
- Optimal Image Characteristics for the Subject
- Changing the AF Operation
- Selecting the AF Point
- Subjects Difficult to Focus
- Continuous Shooting
- Self-Timer
- Using the Built-in Flash
- Convey the Subject’s Movement
- Changing Depth of Field
- Manual Exposure
- Changing the Metering Mode
- Setting Exposure Compensation
- Auto Exposure Bracketing
- Locking the Exposure
- Locking the Flash Exposure
- Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast
- Noise Reduction Settings
- Lens Peripheral Illumination / Chromatic Aberration Correction
- Customizing Image Characteristics
- Registering Preferred Image Characteristics
- Matching the Light Source
- Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source
- Setting the Color Reproduction Range
- Mirror Lockup to Reduce Camera Shake
- Live View Shooting
- Shooting Movies
- Handy Features
- Silencing the Beeper
- Card Reminder
- Setting Image Review Time
- Setting Auto Power-Off Time
- Adjusting LCD Monitor Brightness
- Creating and Selecting a Folder
- File Numbering Methods
- Setting Copyright Information
- Auto Rotation of Vertical Images
- Checking Camera Settings
- Restore Default Settings
- Preventing the LCD Monitor from Turning Off Automatically
- Changing the Shooting Settings Screen Color
- Setting the Flash
- Automatic Sensor Cleaning
- Appending Dust Delete Data
- Manual Sensor Cleaning
- Wireless Flash Photography
- Image Playback
- Searching for Images Quickly
- Magnified View
- Playing Back with the Touch Screen
- Rotating the Image
- Setting Ratings
- Quick Control During Playback
- Playing Movies
- Editing the Movie’s First and Last Scenes
- Slide Show (Auto Playback)
- Viewing the Images on a TV
- Protecting Images
- Erasing Images
- Shooting Information Display
- Post-Processing Images
- Printing Images
- Customizing the Camera
- Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Error Codes
- Specs
- Downloading Images to a Personal Computer
- Quick Reference Guide
- Index
- Flash Classroom
- Do More with Macro
- Scans of CD-ROMs
- Lens Warranty
- Camera Warranty
Access lamp
<O> Aperture/Exposure
compensation button
<A> Live View shooting/
Movie shooting button
<S> AF point
selection button
<A> AE lock button
<0> Setting button
<S>
Cross keys
<Q> Quick Control button
Nomenclature
Focus mode switch
Shutter
button
Mode DialPower switch
<i> ISO speed
setting button
<D> Flash
button
<6>
Main Dial
Shooting Operation
Shutter speed
ISO speed
Aperture
Shooting mode
Possible shots
Auto Lighting
Optimizer
Built-in flash
settings
Metering mode
White balance
Image-recording
quality
Exposure level
indicator
Drive mode
Battery check
zxcn
OK Not good
Monochrome shooting
Flash exposure
compensation
Shutter speed
Viewfinder Information
Shooting Settings
ISO speed
AF points
AF point activation indicator <•>
Spot metering
circle
Focus
confirmation light
Aperture
Max. burst
AE lock
Flash-ready
Exposure level indicator
Picture Style
AF operation
Quick Control icon
Basic Zone Modes
If necessary, the built in flash will be raised and fire automatically
in low light or backlit conditions (except in the <
7
> <
3
> <
5
>
<
F
> <
G
> modes).
D Using the Built-in Flash
Creative Zone Modes
Press the <D> button to raise the
built in flash, then shoot.
A
Scene Intelligent Auto
7
Flash Off
C
Creative Auto
2
Portrait
3
Landscape
4
Close up
5
Sports
8 Special scene
6
Night Portrait
F
Handheld Night Scene
G
HDR Backlight Control
All the settings necessary for
shooting are set automatically.
You just press the shutter button,
and the camera does the rest.
Basic Zone Modes
B
a
s
i
c
Z
o
n
e
At the <8> position, press the <Q> button, select the
shooting mode icon with <S> key, and turn the <6> dial
to set the shooting mode.
Set the Mode Dial to <d>.
You can change the camera
settings as desired to shoot in
various ways.
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and
aperture in the same way as the <A> mode.
Creative Zone Modes
d: Program AE
Set the Mode Dial to <s>.
Turn the
<
6
>
dial to set the
desired shutter speed, then focus the
subject.
The aperture will be set automatically.
If the aperture display blinks, turn the
<
6
> dial until it stops blinking.
Set the Mode Dial to <f>.
Turn the
<
6
>
dial to set the desired
aperture, then focus the subject.
The shutter speed will be set
automatically.
If the shutter speed display blinks, turn
the <
6
>
dial until it stops blinking.
s: Shutter-priority AE
f: Aperture-priority AE
C
r
e
a
t
i
v
e
Z
o
n
e
Press the <S> button.
Press the <S> key to select the
AF point.
While looking through the
viewfinder, you can select the
AF point by turning the <6>
dial until the desired AF point
flashes in red.
Pressing <0> toggles the AF
point selection between the
center AF point and automatic
AF point selection.
S AF PointN
Set the lens focus mode switch
to <f>.
Press the <Zf> button.
Press the <U> key or turn the
<6> dial to select the AF
operation, then press <0>.
X(One Shot AF):
For still subjects
9(AI Focus AF):
Switches the AF operation
automatically
Z(AI Servo AF):
For moving subjects
f: AF OperationN
Press the <i> button.
Press the <U> key or turn the
<6> dial to select the ISO
speed, then press <0>.
When [AUTO] is selected, the
ISO speed is set automatically.
When you press the shutter
button halfway, the ISO speed
setting is displayed.
i: ISO SpeedN
Press the <YiQ> button.
Press the <U> key or turn the
<6> dial to select the drive
mode, then press <0>.
u : Single shooting
i : Continuous shooting
Q : Self-timer:10 sec./Remote
control
l : Self-timer:2 sec.
q : Self-timer:Continuous
i Drive Mode
Temperature No Flash 50% Flash Use
At 23°C / 73°F Approx. 200 shots Approx. 180 shots
Press the <A> button to display
the Live View image.
A Live View Shooting
Press the shutter button halfway
to focus.
Press the shutter button
completely to take the picture.
Battery Life with Live View Shooting
Temperature No Flash 50% Flash Use
At 23°C / 73°F Approx. 200 shots Approx. 180 shots
A Live View Shooting
k Shooting Movies
Set the power switch to <k>.
Set the Mode Dial to any
shooting mode except <a>.
Press the <A> button to start
shooting a movie.
To stop movie shooting, press
the <A> button again.
Recording movie
Microphone