Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- FOR SAFE USE OF YOUR CAMERA
- Care to be Taken During Handling
- Contents
- Contents of the Operating Manual
- Checking the Contents of the Package
- Names of Parts
- Names of Operating Parts
- Getting Started
- Quick Start
- Common Operations
- Taking Pictures
- Setting the Shooting Functions
- Changing the Mode
- Selecting the Focus Mode
- Selecting the Flash Mode
- Displaying Shooting Information in Capture Mode
- Selecting the Recorded Pixels
- Selecting the Quality Levels
- Adjusting the Color Balance according to Lighting (White Balance)
- Changing the AF Area (Focusing Area)
- Setting the Light Metering Range to Determine the Exposure (AE Metering)
- Setting the Sensitivity
- Setting the Instant Review time (Instant Review)
- Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
- Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
- Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
- EV Compensation
- Taking Pictures
- Setting the Functions (Program Mode)
- Selecting the Picture Mode According to the Shooting Scene (Picture mode)
- Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night-Scene Mode)
- Taking Movie Pictures (Movie Picture Mode)
- Taking Panorama Pictures (Panorama Assist Mode)
- Taking Pictures with Digital Filters (Digital Filter Mode)
- Using Preset Function Settings (User Mode)
- Taking Stereo Pictures (3D Image Mode)
- Continuous Shooting (Continuous Shooting Mode)
- Using the Self-Timer
- Using the Remote Control Unit (optional)
- Using the Zoom
- Taking Time-lapse Movie Pictures (Fast Fwd Movie)
- Saving the Settings (Memory)
- Setting the Shooting Functions
- Recording and Playback
- Playback/Erasing/Editing
- Settings
- Camera Settings
- Formatting a SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard and the Built-in memory
- Changing the Sound Settings
- Changing the Start-up Screen
- Setting the Date Style
- Changing the Date/Time
- Setting the World Time
- Changing the Display Language
- Changing the Video Output Format
- Sleep Timeout
- Setting Auto Power Off
- Setting the Quick Delete Function
- Setting the Quick Zoom Function
- Registering Functions
- Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
- Setting the Alarm
- Camera Settings
- Appendix
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Taking Pictures
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You can display information on the LCD monitor when shooting.
The display mode can be changed by pressing the Display button.
Display On
Shooting information is displayed.
1 Flash mode 2 Shooting mode
3 Focus mode 4 Capture mode
5 AF frame 6 Card/Built-in memory
7 Number of recordable images
8 Date & time 9 Battery indicator
Histogram Display
The brightness distribution of the image is
displayed.
The x-axis shows the brightness (darkest at the
left end and brightest at the right end) and the y-
axis shows the pixel numbers.
1 Histogram 2 Recorded pixels
3 Quality level 4 White balance
5 AE metering 6 Sensitivity
Display Off
No shooting information is displayed.
• The AF frame is displayed in Autofocus mode.
• If any of the modes are changed such as
Flash mode, the mode you have changed is
displayed for a few seconds.
LCD Monitor Off
Turn off the LCD monitor.
(The LCD monitor is not turned off in Playback
mode.)
Displaying Shooting Information in Capture Mode
The display cannot be turned off in C,
G, F and D mode.
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