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
Colors are unnatural.
White balance or hue is not adjusted properly.
Food (page 87), White balance (page 181)
Randomly spaced bright pixels (“noise”) appear in image.
The subject is dark and the shutter speed is too slow, or ISO sensitivity is too high.
Noise can be r
educed by:
• Using the ash
Flash mode (page 99)
•
Specifying a lower ISO sensitivity setting
ISO sensitivity (page 189)
Brigh
t spots appear in image.
When shooting at a slow shutter speed in multiple exposure mode, noise (bright
spots) may appear in sav
ed images.
Images are too dark (underexposed).
• The ash windo
w is blocked.
The camera body (page 17)
•
The subject is beyond the range of the ash. Check the range of the ash.
Specications (page 292)
•
Adjust exposure compensation.
Exposure compensation (page 117)
•
Increase ISO sensitivity.
ISO sensitivity (page 189)
•
The subject is backlit.
- Use the ash.
Flash mode (page 99)
-
Try the [Backlighting (page 88)] scene mode.
Images are too bright (overexposed).
Adjust exposure compensation.
Exposure compensation (page 117)
S
kin tones are not softened.
• In some shooting conditions, facial skin tones may not be softened.
•
For images containing four or more faces, try using the playback menu
[S
kin
softening (page 213)] after shooting.