User guide
Table Of Contents
- Checking the Package Contents
- Read This First
- What Do You Want to Do?
- Table of Contents
- Conventions Used in this Guide
- Safety Precautions
- 1 Getting Started
- Charging the Battery
- Inserting the Battery and Memory Card
- Setting the Date and Time
- Setting the Display Language
- Formatting Memory Cards
- Pressing the Shutter Button
- Taking Pictures
- Viewing Images
- Erasing Images
- Printing Images
- Shooting Movies
- Viewing Movies
- Transferring Images to a Computer
- Accessories
- Separately Sold Accessories
- 2 Learning More
- Components Guide
- Information Displayed on the Screen
- Indicator
- FUNC. Menu - Basic Operations
- MENU Menu - Basic Operations
- Changing the Sound Settings
- Changing the Screen Brightness
- Returning the Camera to Default Settings
- Low Level Memory Card Formatting
- Power Saving Function (Auto Power Down)
- Clock Functions
- 3 Shooting in Special Conditions and Commonly Used Functions
- 4 Selecting Settings Yourself
- Shooting in Program AE
- Turning the Flash On
- Shooting Close-ups (Macro/Super Macro)
- Changing the Recording Pixels
- Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)
- Changing the ISO Speed
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Adjusting the Brightness (Exposure Compensation)
- Continuous Shooting
- Changing the Tone of an Image (My Colors)
- Shooting Using the Two Second Self-Timer
- Customizing the Self-Timer
- Shooting Using a TV Monitor
- Changing the Composition with the Focus Lock
- 5 Getting More Out of Your Camera
- Changing the AF Frame Mode
- Magnifying the Focal Point
- Shooting with the AF Lock
- Shooting with Servo AF
- Selecting the Person to Focus On (Face Select)
- Switching the Focus Setting and Shoot
- Changing the Metering Mode
- Shooting in Manual Focus Mode
- Using the Manual Focus in Combination with the Auto Focus (Safety MF)
- Shooting with the AE Lock
- Shooting with the FE Lock
- Shooting with Slow Synchro
- Setting the Shutter Speed
- Setting the Aperture Value
- Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture Value
- Making Dark Subjects Appear Brighter (i-Contrast)
- Red-Eye Correction
- Checking for Shut Eyes
- Setting the Flash
- Setting the Flash Exposure Compensation
- Setting the Flash Output
- Exposure Compensation When Shooting With A Flash (Safety FE)
- Changing the Color and Shooting
- Shooting Stitch Assist Images
- 6 Using Various Functions for Shooting Movies
- 7 Using Playback and Other Functions
- Quickly Searching Images
- Viewing Images in Filtered Playback
- Viewing Slideshows
- Checking the Focus
- Magnifying Images
- Changing Image Transitions
- Viewing Images on a TV
- Viewing Images on a High-Definition TV
- Erasing All Images
- Protecting Images
- Organizing Images by Category (My Category)
- Rotating Images
- Resizing Images
- Trimming
- Adding Effects with the My Colors Function
- Making Dark Subjects Appear Brighter (i-Contrast)
- Correcting the Red-Eye Effect
- Printing from the Print List (DPOF)
- Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF)
- 8 Customizing the Camera
- 9 Useful Information
- Index
K Shooting in Special Scenes
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PTake shots of people in snow
(Snow)
● Lets you take bright, natural-colored shots
of people against snowy backgrounds.
Z Shoot using high ISO speed
(ISO 3200)
● Sets the ISO speed to 3200, and lets you
shoot without camera shake or subject
blurring even in low light conditions.
● Recording pixels are set to (1600 x
1200 pixels, p. 72).
• In t mode, attach the camera to a tripod to prevent the camera from
moving and blurring the image. Additionally, you are recommended to
set [IS Mode] to [Off] (p. 144).
• In y mode, images may appear coarse because the ISO speed (p. 74)
is increased to match the shooting conditions.
• In Z mode, images may appear coarse.