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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■ Flash On
Select (Flash On) as the flash mode when backlighting
causes your subject to appear dark, even though there is
enough light to keep the flash from firing automatically.
This will cause the flash to fire and illuminate your subject
whenever you press the shutter button (daylight synchro
flash).
■ Soft Flash
Select (Soft Flash) as the flash mode to suppress flash
intensity and shoot with a soft feel.
■ About Red-eye Reduction
Using the flash to record at night or in a dimly lit room can
cause red spots inside the eyes of people who are in the
image. This happens because the light from the flash
reflects off of the retina of the eye.
IMPORTANT!
• The flash unit of this camera fires a number of times
when you record an image. The initial flashes are
pre-flashes, which the camera uses to obtain
information that it uses for exposure settings. The
final flash is for recording. Make sure that you keep
the camera still until the shutter releases.
• Using the flash while “Auto” is selected for the ISO
Sensitivity setting increases sensitivity, which can
cause large amounts of digital noise to appear in the
image. You can reduce digital noise by using a lower
ISO Sensitivity setting. Note, however, that this also
has the effect of shortening the flash range (the
range that is covered by the light from the flash)
(page 117).