Digital Camera Operating Instructions

5
VQT1S07
Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ....................... 2
Quick Guide ..............................................7
Standard Accessories............................... 8
Names of the Components .......................9
Preparation
Charging the Battery...............................11
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ................................ 12
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 13
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........ 14
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................16
• Changing the clock setting................ 17
Setting the Menu..................................... 17
• Setting menu items ........................... 18
• Using the quick menu ....................... 19
About the Setup Menu ............................ 20
Selecting the [REC] Mode ......................24
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function
(ñ: Intelligent Auto Mode)...................... 25
• Scene detection ................................ 26
• AF Tracking Function........................ 26
• About the flash.................................. 27
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode....... 27
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (·: Normal picture mode)......... 28
• Focusing ...........................................28
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the centre
of the composition of the picture you
want to take)..................................... 29
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 29
• Direction detection function ..............29
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 30
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................30
Playing back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])................................. 31
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)................................ 32
• Using the Playback Zoom................. 32
• Switching the [PLAYBACK] mode .... 33
Deleting Pictures..................................... 33
• To delete a single picture.................. 33
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures.............. 34
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 35
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash ..................................... 37
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting............................................... 37
Taking Close-up Pictures........................ 40
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 41
Compensating the Exposure .................. 42
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........ 43
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (¿: Scene mode)........... 44
• * [PORTRAIT]................................ 44
• + [SOFT SKIN]............................... 45
• [TRANSFORM] ........................... 45
• 0 [SELF PORTRAIT]...................... 45
• , [SCENERY] ................................46
• - [SPORTS] ................................... 46
• . [NIGHT PORTRAIT].................... 46
• / [NIGHT SCENERY] .................... 46
• 1 [FOOD] ....................................... 47
• 2 [PARTY]......................................47
• 3 [CANDLE LIGHT]........................ 47
• : [BABY1]/; [BABY2].................. 47
• í [PET]........................................... 48
• ï [SUNSET] ................................... 48
• 9 [HIGH SENS.] ............................. 48
• ô [HI-SPEED BURST].................... 49
• [FLASH BURST] .........................49
• 5 [STARRY SKY] ...........................50
• 4 [FIREWORKS] ............................ 50
• 6 [BEACH] ..................................... 50
• 8 [SNOW]....................................... 51
• 7 [AERIAL PHOTO] ....................... 51
• [PIN HOLE] ................................. 51
• [FILM GRAIN] ............................. 52
• < [UNDERWATER] ........................ 52
Motion Picture Mode............................... 53
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations ..... 55
• Recording which Day of the
Vacation You Take the Picture .........55
• Recording Dates/Times at Overseas
Travel Destinations (World Time) ..... 56
Using the [REC] Mode Menu .................. 58
• @ [PICTURE SIZE]........................... 58
• A [QUALITY]................................... 59
• ? [ASPECT RATIO] .......................59
• [INTELLIGENT ISO].................... 59
• > [SENSITIVITY]............................ 60
• = [WHITE BALANCE] .................... 60
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