Owner's Manual

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3 Frame a photograph

in

the viewfinder.

3.1

Hold

the

camera

as

shown.

Holding

the

Camera

Hold

the

handgrip

in

your right hand and cradle

the

camera

body

or

lens

with

your left. Keep your elbows

propped

lightly

against your torso for support and place one

foot

half a pace

ahead

of

the other

to

stable.

3.2

Frame a

photo

in

the viewfinder

with

the

main subject

positioned

in

any

of

the three focus

areas.

Use

the

zoom ring

to

zoom in on

the

subject

so

that

it fills a larger

area

of

the

frame, or zoom

out

to

increase the

area

visible

in

the

final photograph (select longer focal lengths

to

zoom in, shorter

focaI

to

zoom

4 Focus and shoot.

4.1

Press

the

shutter-release

button

halfway. The camera will

automatically select the focus

area

containing

the

subject

closest

to

the camera and focus on this subject. If

the

sub-

ject

is

dark, the

AF-assist

illuminator may

light

to

assist

the

focus operation and the flash may

pop

up. The

monitor

will turn off.

When

the

focus operation

is

complete, the selected focus

area

will be highlighted, a beep will sound, and

the

in-

focus indicator

(e)

will appear in

the

viewfinder. The

num-

ber

of

exposures

that

can

be stored in the

memory

buffer

("r";

32)

is

shown in the viewfinder display while

the

shutter-release

button

is

pressed halfway.

16

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Tutorial:

"Point-and-Shoot"

Photography

e~

Mode)

Focus

area

Zoom

in