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
Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions)
2
F
rame the subject and take a picture.
•
The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame. The position of the area
cannot be moved.
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The camera focuses at innity.
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For [Hand-held]:
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While the
icon on the shooting screen is displayed in green, press the shutter-
r
elease button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a
single image and saved.
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Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a
still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera o before
the screen switches to the shooting screen.
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For [Tripod]:
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One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way.
Notes about [Hand-held]
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T
he angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower
than that seen on the shooting screen.
•
Continuous shooting may not be possible in certain shooting conditions.
Notes about [Tripod]
V
ibration reduction is disabled regardless of the setup menu
[V
ibration reduction]
setting. See “
Using a tripod (page 51)” when using a tripod.
Close-up
Use when tak
ing close-up pictures of small subjects such as owers and insects.
Rotate the mode dial to
button Close-up button
Option Description
Noise reduction burst This enables you to shoot a sharp image with a minimum of
noise.
Single shot
(default setting)
Saves images with emphasized outlines and contrast.
1
S
elect [Noise reduction burst] or [Single shot].