User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Quick Topic Search
- For Smart Device Users
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- Preparing for Shooting
- Basic Shooting and Playback Operations
- Shooting Features
- Selecting a Shooting Mode
- Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
- Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- P, S, A, and M Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)
- Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector
- Flash Mode
- Self-timer
- Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)
- Using the Creative Slider
- Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
- Using the Zoom
- Focusing
- Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
- Playback Features
- Playback Zoom
- Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display
- List by Date Mode
- Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence
- Editing Images (Still Images)
- Quick Effects: Changing Hue or Mood
- Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation
- D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast
- Red-eye Correction: Correcting Red-eye When Shooting with the Flash
- Glamour Retouch: Enhancing Human Faces
- Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image
- Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy
- Movies
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer
- Using the Menu
- Technical Notes
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Shooting Features
Focusing
Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus
The camera may not focus as expected in the following situations. In rare cases, the
subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator
is displayed in green:
• Subject is very dark
• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the shooting conditions (e.g.
the sun behind the subject makes that subject appear very dark)
• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject wearing
a white shirt is standing in front of a white wall)
• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside
a cage)
• Subjects with repeating patterns (window blinds, buildings with multiple rows of
similarly shaped windows, etc.)
• Subject is moving rapidly
In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to
refocus several times, or focus on another subject positioned at the same distance
from the camera as the actual desired subject, and use focus lock (A65).










