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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Common Operations
This displays the items that can be set with the menus and provides
descriptions of each item. See the list of default settings in the Appendix
“Default Settings” (p.234) to check whether the settings are saved when
the camera is turned off and whether the settings return to the defaults
when the camera is reset.
[A Rec. Mode] Menu
This menu shows the functions related to taking still pictures and
recording movies.
Menu List
Item Description Page
Recorded Pixels
For choosing the number of recorded pixels of still
pictures
p.108
White Balance
For adjusting the color balance according to the light
conditions
p.112
AF
Setting
Focusing
Area
For changing the autofocus area p.106
Focus
Assist
For setting whether to use the focus assist light p.107
AE Metering
For setting the area of the screen that is metered to
determine the exposure
p.114
Sensitivity For setting the sensitivity p.115
AUTO ISO Range
For setting the adjustment range when sensitivity is set to
AUTO
p.116
EV Compensation
For adjusting the overall brightness of the picture p.110
Movie
Recorded
Pixels
For choosing the number of recorded pixels of movies p.129
Movie SR
For choosing whether to use the movie shake reduction
function
p.130
D-Range
Setting
Highlight
Correction
Adjusts the bright areas when the image is too bright
p.111
Shadow
Correction
Adjusts the dark areas when the image is too dark
Shake Reduction For setting shake reduction when taking still pictures. p.118
Blink Detection
For choosing whether to use the Blink Detection function
when the Face Detection function is activated
p.117
Digital Zoom
For choosing whether to use the Digital Zoom function
p.80
Instant Review For choosing whether to display Instant Review p.119