Operation Manual
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Using the Camera
2 Check the composition on the LCD monitor.
To adjust zoom scale using the Zoom button:
MEMO
•Select e Macro mode to take close-up shots (➝p.55).
• Use digital zoom when you want to shoot the subject 
closer (➝p.101).
3 Focus on the main subject in the AF frame 
and press the shutter button down halfway.
CHECK
• Focus on the subject
Double beep is heard
Indicator lamp lit green
• Not focus on the subject
No sound 
{ indicated 
Indicator lamp blinking green
MEMO
• The shutter button has a halfway point at which focus 
and exposure are automatically optimized before taking 
the picture by pressing fully down.
• When pressing the shutter button halfway, a lens 
operation sound may be heard.
Continued Q
25
25
N 25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
25
25
N 25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
W button
(Zoom out)
T button
(Zoom in)
• Focal range
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.) 
to infinity
• Optical zoom focal 
length (35 mm 
camera equivalent)
Approx. 36 mm to 
108 mm
• Max. zoom scale
3×
Zoom bar
25
25
N 25
25
N
AUTO
AUTO
F 5.6
F 5.6
250
250
250
250
F 5.6
F 5.6
AF frame AF frame 
becomes smaller 
and camera 
focuses on the 
subject.
Halfway 
pressed
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