Owner's Manual

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Table of Contents
Basic Shooting and Playback Operations................................................................... 24
Shooting Images................................................................................................................................... 25
Using the Flash ........................................................................................................................................................... 27
Recording Movies ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Switching Between the Monitor and Viewfinder.................................................................................. 28
Playing Back Images............................................................................................................................ 29
Deleting Images .................................................................................................................................... 30
The Image Selection Screen for Deletion .................................................................................................. 31
Shooting Features............................................................................................................... 32
Selecting a Shooting Mode............................................................................................................... 33
A (Auto) Mode ..................................................................................................................................... 34
Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions) ................................................ 35
Tips and Notes About Scene Mode............................................................................................................... 36
Using Skin Softening............................................................................................................................................... 43
Shooting with Easy Panorama.......................................................................................................................... 44
Playback with Easy Panorama........................................................................................................................... 46
Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)................................................................... 47
j, k, l, and m Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting) .............................................. 49
Tips for Setting Exposure...................................................................................................................................... 50
The Control Range of the Shutter Speed (j, k, l, and m Modes)......................................... 52
M (User Settings) Mode ...................................................................................................................... 53
Saving Settings in M Mode (Save User Settings)................................................................................... 54
Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector ............................................................... 55
Flash Mode.............................................................................................................................................. 56
Self-timer ................................................................................................................................................. 59
Smile Timer (Shooting Smiling Faces Automatically).............................................................. 60
Focus Mode ............................................................................................................................................ 61
Using Manual Focus................................................................................................................................................ 63
Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) ...................................................................... 65
Using the w1 (Function 1)/w2 (Function 2) Buttons ......................................................... 66
Using the Zoom..................................................................................................................................... 67
Focusing................................................................................................................................................... 69
The Shutter-release Button................................................................................................................................. 69
Using Target Finding AF ....................................................................................................................................... 69
Using Face Detection ............................................................................................................................................. 70
Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus............................................................................................................. 71
Focus Lock..................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Focus Mode).............................................................. 73
Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting...................................... 75