Operating Instructions

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Sequence of operations
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Aim the camera and shoot
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Taking still pictures
Press the shutter button halfway to focus
Press and hold the shutter button to take
the picture
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Recording motion pictures (→29)
Press the motion picture button to start
recording
Press the motion picture button again to
finish recording
Shutter button
Microphone
Motion picture
button
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Holding the camera
Flash (→45)
Hand strap
• To avoid camera shake, hold it with both
hands keeping your arms close to your
body while standing with your feet slightly
apart.
• Do not touch the lens.
• Do not block the microphone when
recording motion pictures.
• Do not put your hands over the light-
emitting area of the flash or look at it from
close range.
• Make sure that the camera does not
move at the moment the shutter button is
pressed.
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We recommend using the supplied hand strap to avoid dropping the camera.
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