User manual
Table Of Contents
- Read this first!
- Contents
- Unpacking
- General Guide
- Monitor Screen Contents
- Quick Start Basics
- What is a digital camera?
- What you can do with your camera
- First, charge the battery prior to use.
- Configuring Basic Settings the First Time You Turn On the Camera
- Preparing a Memory Card
- Turning the Camera On and Off
- Holding the Camera Correctly
- To shoot a snapshot
- Viewing Snapshots
- Deleting Snapshots and Movies
- Snapshot Shooting Precautions
- Using the mode dial
- Using the Control Panel
- Optimizing Image Brightness (D-Lighting)
- Changing the Image Size (Size)
- Using Flash (Flash)
- Using the Self-timer (Self-timer)
- Using the Soft Skin (Soft Skin)
- Shooting without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode)
- Shooting with Zoom
- Recording Movie Images and Audio
- Using Scene Mode
- Advanced Settings
- Using On-screen Menus
- REC Mode Settings (REC)
- Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)
- Changing the Focus Frame Shape (Focus Frame)
- Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)
- Using the Auto Focus Lamp (AF Lamp)
- Using Face Tracking
- Using Burst
- Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Stabilizer)
- Assigning Functions to the [] and [] Keys (L/R Key)
- Displaying the On-screen Grid (Grid)
- Using Icon Help (Icon Help)
- Configuring Power On TDefault Settings (Memory)
- Image Quality Settings (Quality)
- Snapshot Tutorial
- Other Settings (Set Up)
- Viewing Snapshots and Movies
- Other Playback Functions (PLAY)
- Using the PLAY Panel
- Playing a Slideshow on the Camera (Slideshow)
- Performing Playback without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode)
- Rotating an Image (Rotate)
- Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF)
- Protecting a File Against Deletion (Protect)
- Resizing a Snapshot (Resize)
- Cropping a Snapshot (Trimming)
- Adding Audio to a Snapshot (Voice Memo)
- Copying Files (Copy)
- Printing
- Using the Camera with a Computer
- Things you can do using a computer...
- Files and Folders
- Configuring a Startup Image
- Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule (File Numbering)
- Configuring World Time Settings (World Time)
- Time Stamping Snapshots (Date Stamp)
- Setting the Camera’s Clock (Adjust)
- Specifying the Date Format
- Specifying the Display Language (Language)
- Configuring Sleep State Settings (LCD Save)
- Configuring Auto Power Settings (Power Saving)
- Configuring [] and [] Settings (REC/PLAY)
- Disabling File Deletion ( Disable)
- Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System (TV Out)
- Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card (Format)
- Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults (Reset)
- Appendix
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Procedure
[SET] MENU Set Up Tab TV Out
You can use the procedure in this section to select either NTSC or PAL as the video
output system. You can also specify an aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9.
• Select the aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9) that matches the type of TV you plan to use.
Images will not display correctly if you select the wrong aspect ratio.
• Images will not display correctly unless the camera’s video signal output setting
matches the video signal system of the TV or other video equipment.
• Images cannot be displayed correctly on a TV or video equipment that is not NTSC
or PAL.
Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System
(TV Out)
NTSC Video system used in Japan, the U.S., and other countries
PAL Video system used in Europe and other areas
4:3 Normal TV screen aspect ratio
16:9 Wide screen aspect ratio