User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- QUICK START GUIDE
- GETTING READY
- BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
- OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
- Selecting the Focus Mode
- Exposure Compensation (EV Shift)
- Adjusting White Balance
- Using Continuous Shutter
- Using the BEST SHOT Mode
- Reducing the Effects of Hand or Subject Movement
- Shooting with High Sensitivity
- Recording Images of Business Cards and Documents (Business Shot)
- Restoring an Old Photograph
- Recording a Movie
- Recording Audio
- Using the Histogram
- REC Mode Camera Settings
- Assigning Functions to the [<] and [>] Keys
- Turning the On-screen Grid On and Off
- Turning Image Review On and Off
- Using Icon Help
- Specifying Power On Default Settings
- Specifying ISO Sensitivity
- Selecting the Metering Mode
- Using the Filter Function
- Specifying Outline Sharpness
- Specifying Color Saturation
- Specifying Contrast
- Date Stamping Snapshots
- Resetting the Camera
- PLAYBACK
- Basic Playback Operation
- Zooming the Display Image
- Resizing an Image
- Cropping an Image
- Keystone Correction
- Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color of an Old Photograph
- Playing and Editing a Movie
- Displaying the 9-image View
- Displaying the Calendar Screen
- Playing a Slideshow
- Rotating the Display Image
- Adding Audio to a Snapshot
- Playing Back a Voice Recording File
- Displaying Camera Images on a TV Screen
- DELETING FILES
- FILE MANAGEMENT
- OTHER SETTINGS
- Configuring Sound Settings
- Specifying an Image for the Startup Screen
- Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Method
- Setting the Clock
- Using World Time
- Editing the Date and Time of an Image
- Changing the Display Language
- Changing the USB Port Protocol
- Configuring [_] (REC) and [>] (PLAY) Power On/Off Functions
- Formatting Built-in Memory
- USING A MEMORY CARD
- PRINTING IMAGES
- VIEWING IMAGES ON A COMPUTER
- USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER
- APPENDIX

BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
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Using Zoom
Your camera is equipped with two types of zoom: optical
zoom and digital zoom. Normally, the camera automatically
switches over to digital zoom after you reach the maximum
limit for optical zoom. You can, however, configure the
camera to disable digital zoom, if you want.
Optical Zoom
The optical zoom range is 1X to 3X.
1.
In the REC mode,
press the zoom button
to change the zoom
factor.
■ About the REC Mode Monitor Screen
• The image shown on the monitor screen in the REC
mode is a simplified image for composing purposes. The
actual image is recorded in accordance with the image
quality setting currently selected on your camera. The
image saved in file memory has much better resolution
and detail than the REC mode monitor screen image.
• Certain levels of subject brightness can cause the
response of the REC mode monitor screen to slow down,
which causes some digital noise (graininess) in the
monitor screen image.
• Very bright light inside of an image can cause a vertical
band to appear in the monitor screen image. This is a
CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”, and does
not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note that vertical
smear is not recorded with the image in the case of a
snapshot, but it is recorded in the case of a movie (page
102).
Zoom button
Press this side of the
zoom button:
(Wide Angle)
(Telephoto)
To do this:
Zoom out for a wider view
(main subject becomes smaller)
Zoom in for a closer view (main
subject becomes larger)