User manual
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Shooting
2
   Letting the camera choose the settings  (AUTO mode)
The camera adjusts settings to suit the scene; all you have to do is press the shutter 
button.
Use live guides to easily adjust such parameters as color, brightness, and background 
blurring.
1 
Set the mode dial to B.
•  In auto mode, the camera automatically selects 
the scene mode option appropriate to your subject 
when you press the shutter button halfway. Once the 
selection has been made, the B icon in the bottom 
left corner of the display will be replaced by the icon 
for the chosen scene.
2 
To adjust shooting settings, display the live guide 
by pressing the Q button.
• Use FG to highlight an item in the live guide and 
press Q to display a slider.
Change Color Saturation
Guide item
3 
Use FG to position the slider and choose a 
level.
• Press the Q button to save changes.
•  To exit, press the M EN U  button.
•  When [Shooting Tips] is selected, use FG to 
highlight the item and press the Q button to display 
the detail.
•  The effect of the selected level is visible in the display. 
If [Blur Background] or [Express Motions] is selected, 
the display will return to normal, but the selected 
effect will be visible in the fi nal photograph.
0
Clear & Vivid
Flat & Muted
Slider
4 
To set multiple live guides, repeat Steps 2 and 3.
•  A check is displayed on the guide item for live guides 
that are already set.
•  [Blur Background] and [Express Motions] cannot be 
set at the same time.
Change Color Saturation
5 
Take pictures.
•  To clear the live guides from the display, press the M EN U  button.
•  If [RAW] is currently selected for image quality, image quality will automatically be set to 
RAW+JPEG.
•  Live guide settings are not applied to the RAW copy.
•  Pictures may appear grainy at some live guide setting levels.










