Operation Manual

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Contents
Before Use
Quick Guide ..............................................4
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names of the Components .......................7
Preparation
Charging the Battery .................................9
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ..........12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...............................14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card ........16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................18
• Changing the clock setting................19
Setting the Menu.....................................20
• Setting menu items ...........................21
• Using the quick menu .......................23
About the Setup Menu ............................24
Selecting the [REC] Mode.......................29
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............31
• Scene detection ................................33
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ......34
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (Normal Picture Mode)...............35
• Focusing ...........................................36
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the
centre of the composition of the
picture you want to take)...................36
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......37
• Direction detection function...............37
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................38
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)
/Using the Digital Zoom ....................38
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY]) .................................40
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................41
• Using the Playback Zoom .................41
• Switching the [PLAYBACK]
Mode.................................................42
Deleting Pictures .....................................43
• To delete a single picture ..................43
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures ..............44
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor............................45
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash........................................................47
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ...............................................47
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................52
• [AF MACRO] ....................................52
• [MACRO ZOOM] ..............................53
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........54
Compensating the Exposure ...................55
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene Mode).................56
• Registering scenes in Scene
Mode (My Scene Mode)....................56
• Selecting the Scene Mode for
each recording (Scene Mode)...........57
•
[PORTRAIT].....................................58
• [SOFT SKIN] ....................................58
• [TRANSFORM] ................................59
• [SELF PORTRAIT] ...........................59
• [SCENERY]......................................60
• [SPORTS] ........................................60
• [NIGHT PORTRAIT].........................60
• [NIGHT SCENERY]..........................61
• [FOOD] ............................................61
• [PARTY] ...........................................62
• [CANDLE LIGHT] .............................62
• [BABY1]/[BABY2] .............................63
• [PET] ................................................64
• [SUNSET].........................................64
• [HIGH SENS.] ..................................64
• [HI-SPEED BURST] .........................65
• [FLASH BURST] ..............................66
• [STARRY SKY] ................................67
• [FIREWORKS] .................................68
• [BEACH]...........................................68
• [SNOW] ............................................68
• [AERIAL PHOTO].............................69
• [FILM GRAIN]...................................69
• [PHOTO FRAME] .............................69
Motion Picture Mode ...............................70
Useful Functions at Travel
Destinations.............................................73
• Recording which Day of the
Vacation You Take the Picture .........73
• Recording Dates/Times at
Overseas Travel Destinations
(World Time) .....................................76
Using the [REC] Mode Menu...................78