Digital Camera Operating Instructions

VQT1R87
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Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety.......................2
Quick Guide..............................................8
Standard Accessories...............................9
Names of the Components.....................10
Preparation
Charging the Battery...............................12
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures)................................13
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery ..............................14
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........ 15
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 favorite
settings (·: Normal picture mode).........28
• Focusing...........................................28
• When the subject is not in focus
(such as when it is not in the center
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 Extended 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 ....32
Deleting Pictures.....................................33
• To delete a single picture..................33
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 50) or all the pictures..............33
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] .......................................46
• 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