digital camera User's Guide 5040

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TAKING PICTURES
BASIC STILL IMAGE SHOOTING
1. Make sure the camera is in still image shooting mode ( ).
2. Frame the subject in the LCD.
3. Press the Shutter button fully down to capture the image.
USING THE DIGITAL ZOOM
The camera provides up to 4x digital zoom.
1. Press to zoom in subject for a telephoto shot.
• The zoom indicator shows the current approximate zoom factor.
2. Press to zoom out for a wide angle shot.
USING THE FLASH
Use the flash according to the guidelines below.
Auto The camera judges if a flash is required. If the environment is
too dark, the flash will fire.
Force On The flash always fires.
Force Off The flash does not fire.
1. Press to switch between flash modes.
• The selected flash mode icon appears on the LCD monitor.
2. Shoot the image.
Note:
1. The indicator beside the Power button will blink in red when the camera is charging the Flash. Wait
until the indicator stops blinking then to take a flash picture.
2. When batteries are low, the Flash will be disabled. If you found that the Auto Flash (
) or Force
Flash (
) cannot be activated by pressing , replace or recharge the batteries.
The current approximate
zoom factor
TAKING PICTURES