User manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Parts of the camera
- Getting started
- Basic operations of shooting and playback
- Shooting features
- Selecting a shooting mode (mode dial)
- Auto mode (standard shooting)
- P, S, A, and M modes
- Shooting with the Bulb setting or Time setting (when in M mode)
- U (user settings) mode
- Creative mode (applying effects when shooting)
- Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions)
- Setting the flash mode, self-timer, focus mode, and exposure compensation
- Flash mode
- Self-timer
- Smile timer
- Using autofocus
- Using manual focus
- Exposure compensation
- Default settings (flash, self-timer, and focus mode)
- Using the Fn (function) button
- Using the zoom
- Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting
- Playback features
- Movies
- Using the menu
- Menu operations
- Menu lists
- The shooting menu (common across shooting modes)
- The shooting menu (P, S, A, M, or U mode)
- The Movie manual mode menu
- The movie menu
- The playback menu
- The network menu
- The setup menu
- Time zone and date
- Slot empty release lock
- Monitor settings
- EVF auto toggle
- Date stamp
- Self-timer: after release
- Vibration reduction
- AF assist
- Digital zoom
- Assign side zoom control
- Snap-back zoom
- Assign side dial
- AE/AF lock button
- Sound settings
- Auto off
- Format card
- Language
- HDMI
- Charge by computer
- Image comment
- Copyright information
- Location data
- Toggle Av/Tv selection
- Reset file numbering
- Peaking
- Reset all
- Conformity marking
- Firmware version
- Connecting the camera to a TV or computer
- Accessories
- If there is a problem
- Technical notes
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Shooting features
Using the zoom
Using the zoom
U
sing the zoom control
When you move the zoom control, the zoom lens position changes.
• To zoom in (telephoto position): Move toward
• To zoom out (wide-angle position): Move toward
• Rotating the zoom control all the way in either direction adjusts the zoom quickly.
•
The zoom indicator and focal length (in 35mm [135] format) are displayed on the
shooting screen when the zoom control is moved.
•
Digital zoom (2), which allows you to further magnify the subject up to
approximately 4× the maximum optical zoom ratio, can be activated by moving
and holding the zoom control toward
when the camera is zoomed in to the
maximum optical z
oom position (1).
Notes about digital zoom when recording movies
•
T
he zoom indicator is not displayed while recording a movie.
•
If you keep zooming while recording a movie, zooming stops at the position where
optical zoom switches to digital zoom. To continue zooming, briey release your nger
from the zoom control before resuming operation of the zoom control.