User's Manual

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Note
¢ Ú Under certain conditions the auto focus system may not perform as
expected.
°§ When photographing an object that has little contrast.
°§ If the subject is highly reflective or shiny.
°§ If the subject is moving at high speed.
°§ When there is an object that has only horizontal lines or a thin object
within the autofocus range.
°§If taking near and far objects at the same time within autofocus mark range.
°§When there is strong reflected light, or when the background is very bright .
¢ Ú You cannot take the macro shooting in places darker than
0.3 Lux because automatic focus control does not work.
¢ Ú Warning of hand shaking
°§ Push the shutter button about a half in flash off mode and if a red
lamp flickers fast, it is a warming about hand shaking. In this case,
use a tripod or change the mode into flash shooting mode.
¢ Ú Backlight compensated shot
Since the image can be shown dark if you take it facing the sun,
please use the exposure compensation(refer to page 47) or press
the ENTER/( ) button after the LCD monitor is on and then the
indicator is on. When you shot under this condition, the exposure is
corrected because the center waited metering of the object is shot
with the side light.
Reference
¢ Ú LED status mark is beside the viewfinder.
°§ Half press the shutter button, if the camera
is in focus the green LED will light up.
°§ The red LED indicates the flash mode.
°§ The red LED light flashes it means that the flash is charging.
°§ When an image has been stored onto the memory card, the green
lamp flashes slowly. When the image data has been stored the green
LED light will go out. After the green LED light has gone out you can
re-commence taking pictures.
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Set up the picture function by using the status LCD and the menu screen on
the picture LCD monitor. Refer to the page 35~51 about the selecting the
shot function using the MENU frame on LCD panel.
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Decide the picture composition that you want to achieve by using the
optical viewfinder or the LCD monitor. In macro photography mode, you
should compose your picture composition using the LCD monitor.
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When taking pictures squeeze the shutter button gently to avoid camera
shake.
°§ Press the shutter button down halfway the autofocus will be activated and
the status of the flash will show.
°§ If you press the shutter button down fully, the picture will be taken and the
data regarding the picture will be stored .
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Reference
¢ Ú If there is insufficient memory available the camera status LCD
will flash as zero.
°§Reducing the file size may allow some more shots to be taken ( ).
°§ If you press halfway the shutter button for the shot when LCD panel
is on, the following message is displayed.
¢— If you want to use the LCD monitor, simply press the LCD button .
¢— If the beep is on, the card capacity short warning sounds
(beep-beep-)
¢— Restricting the use of the LCD monitor will preserve the battery life.
To optimise the amount of memory on the camera, replace the
memory card or delete unnecessary images stored on the camera.
CARD IS FULL!
I N S E R T
NEW CARD
Note
°§ Extensive use of the LCD monitor to view the potential picture will
drain the batteries in a short period of time. To safeguard against this
please use the manual viewfinder.
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