Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Read this first!
- Contents
- Unpacking
- General Guide
- Monitor Screen Contents
- Quick Start Basics
- What is a digital camera?
- What you can do with your camera
- First, charge the battery prior to use.
- Configuring Basic Settings the First Time You Turn On the Camera
- Preparing a Memory Card
- Turning the Camera On and Off
- Holding the Camera Correctly
- To shoot a snapshot
- Viewing Snapshots
- Deleting Snapshots and Movies
- Snapshot Shooting Precautions
- Using the mode dial
- Using the Control Panel
- Optimizing Image Brightness (D-Lighting)
- Changing the Image Size (Size)
- Using Flash (Flash)
- Using the Self-timer (Self-timer)
- Using the Soft Skin (Soft Skin)
- Shooting without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode)
- Shooting with Zoom
- Recording Movie Images and Audio
- Using Scene Mode
- Advanced Settings
- Using On-screen Menus
- REC Mode Settings (REC)
- Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)
- Changing the Focus Frame Shape (Focus Frame)
- Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)
- Using the Auto Focus Lamp (AF Lamp)
- Using Face Tracking
- Using Burst
- Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Stabilizer)
- Assigning Functions to the [] and [] Keys (L/R Key)
- Displaying the On-screen Grid (Grid)
- Using Icon Help (Icon Help)
- Configuring Power On TDefault Settings (Memory)
- Image Quality Settings (Quality)
- Snapshot Tutorial
- Other Settings (Set Up)
- Viewing Snapshots and Movies
- Other Playback Functions (PLAY)
- Using the PLAY Panel
- Playing a Slideshow on the Camera (Slideshow)
- Performing Playback without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode)
- Rotating an Image (Rotate)
- Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF)
- Protecting a File Against Deletion (Protect)
- Resizing a Snapshot (Resize)
- Cropping a Snapshot (Trimming)
- Adding Audio to a Snapshot (Voice Memo)
- Copying Files (Copy)
- Printing
- Using the Camera with a Computer
- Things you can do using a computer...
- Files and Folders
- Configuring a Startup Image
- Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule (File Numbering)
- Configuring World Time Settings (World Time)
- Time Stamping Snapshots (Date Stamp)
- Setting the Camera’s Clock (Adjust)
- Specifying the Date Format
- Specifying the Display Language (Language)
- Configuring Sleep State Settings (LCD Save)
- Configuring Auto Power Settings (Power Saving)
- Configuring [] and [] Settings (REC/PLAY)
- Disabling File Deletion ( Disable)
- Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System (TV Out)
- Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card (Format)
- Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults (Reset)
- Appendix
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2. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the setting you want to change.
* Snapshot image quality cannot be changed using the Control Panel.
3. Use [ ] and [ ] to change the setting.
4. If you want to configure another setting, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. After all of the settings are the way you want, press [SET].
This will apply the settings and return to the REC mode.
If you selected “MENU”, the REC menu will appear.
If you selected “SCN”, the Scene Mode scene menu will appear.
• You can close the Control Panel by pressing (Disable).
You can use this setting to optimize the balance between bright areas and dark areas
when shooting images.
NOTE
• No icon is displayed for any Control Panel option (page 7) that is set to its initial
default (reset) setting. An icon will appear only if you change the setting of the
corresponding Control Panel option. The following are the initial defaults for Control
Panel options.
– Flash: Auto Flash
– Self-timer: Off
– Face Tracking: On
– Silent: Off
• You also can configure settings other than those listed above (page 47).
Optimizing Image Brightness (D-Lighting)
On
Performs brightness correction. When this option is selected, it takes
longer for the image to be stored after the shutter button is pressed.
Off Does not perform brightness correction.
1 Snapshot image size/quality*
(pages 32, 57)
2 Movie image quality (page 34)
3 Flash (page 35)
4 Self-timer (page 37)
5 Soft Skin (page 37)
6 D-Lighting (page 31)
7 Silent (page 38)
8 REC menu display (page 47)
9 Scene Mode