Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- Using Your Camera Safely
- Care to be Taken During Handling
- Contents
- Composition of the Operating Manual
- Camera Features
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Common Operations
- 3 Taking Pictures
- Taking Still Pictures
- Taking Pictures
- Setting the Shooting Mode
- Using the Face Detection Function
- Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)
- Using the Zoom
- Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene Portrait/Night Scene/Digital SR/Fireworks/ Candlelight Mode)
- Taking Pictures of People (Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Sport/Surf & Snow Mode)
- Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)
- Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)
- Using the Self-timer
- Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)
- Taking Pictures Using the Remote Control Unit (Optional)
- Using the Digital Wide Function (Digital Wide Mode)
- Taking Panoramic Pictures (Digital Panorama Mode)
- Setting the Shooting Functions
- Selecting the Flash Mode
- Selecting the Focus Mode
- Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels
- Setting the Exposure (EV Compensation)
- Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Setting the AE Metering
- Setting the Sensitivity
- Setting the AUTO ISO Range
- Setting the Blink Detection Function
- Setting the Shake Reduction Function
- Setting the Instant Review
- Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
- Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
- Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
- Setting the Date Imprint Function
- Setting the IQ Enhancer Processing
- Setting the Green Button
- Recording Movies
- Saving the Settings (Memory)
- Taking Still Pictures
- 4 Playing Back and Deleting Images
- 5 Editing and Printing Images
- 6 Recording and Playing Back Sound
- 7 Settings
- Camera Settings
- Formatting the Memory
- Changing the Sound Settings
- Changing the Date and Time
- Setting the World Time
- Setting the Text Size on the Menu
- Changing the Display Language
- Changing the Naming System of the Folder
- Changing the Video Output Format
- Setting Eye-Fi Communication
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
- Using the Power Saving Function
- Setting the Auto Power Off Function
- Changing the Start-up Screen
- Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)
- Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
- Camera Settings
- 8 Connecting to a Computer
- 9 Appendix
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Taking Pictures
1
Press the four-way controller (5)
in A mode.
The [Focus Mode] screen appears.
The focus mode changes each time the
button is pressed. You can also change the
setting using the four-way controller (23).
Selecting the Focus Mode
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Standard
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is 40 cm
(16 in.) or more. The camera is focused on the subject in the
autofocus area when the shutter release button is pressed
halfway.
q
Macro
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is
approx. 10 cm to 50 cm (4 in. to 20 in.). The camera is
focused on the subject in the autofocus area when the
shutter release button is pressed halfway.
r
Super Macro
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is
approx. 4 cm to 30 cm (1.6 in. to 12 in.). The camera is
focused on the subject in the autofocus area when the
shutter release button is pressed halfway.
3
Pan Focus
This mode is used when you ask someone to take pictures
for you, or when taking pictures of the scenery through the
window of a car or train. The entire picture, from the front to
the back, is focused.
s
Infinity
This mode is used for taking distant objects. The flash is set
to a (Flash Off).
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Manual Focus This mode lets you adjust the focus manually.
Four-way controller
4 button
Focus Mode
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