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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If there is a problem
Troubleshooting
[Reset le numb
ering] cannot be done.
• Although a new folder is created on the memory card by resetting le number
ing,
etc., if the sequential number of a folder name (which is not displayed on the
camera) reaches the upper limit (“999”), reset is not possible. Change the memory
card, or use the setup menu
[F
ormat card (page 239)] to format the memory
card.
• The write-protect switch is locked. Slide the write-protect switch to the “write”
position.
Inserting the battery and memory card (page 39), Memory cards (page 288)
T
he camera makes sound.
When [A
utofocus mode] is set to [Full-time AF] or while in some shooting modes,
the camera may produce an audible focusing sound.
Autofocus mode (still images) (page 196), Autofocus mode (movies) (page 206)
T
he EN-EL20 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery cannot be used.
You cannot use the EN-EL20 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery. Use EN-EL20a.
Shooting
C
annot switch to shooting mode.
Disconnect the USB cable.
C
annot take pictures or record movies.
•
When the camera is in playback mode
, press the
button, shutter-release
button, or ( ) button.
The camera body (page 17)
•
When menus are displayed, press the
button.
The camera body (page 17)
•
When shooting in [Night portrait] or [Backlighting] (with [HDR] set to [O])
scene mode, raise the built-in ash.
Using the built-in ash (page 52)
•
T
he built-in ash is charging while
is ashing
. Wait until charging is complete.
The ash-r
eady indicator (page 100)
• Insert a memory card with sucient free space into the camera.
• The battery is exhausted.
Charging the battery (page 41), The battery (page 286)