Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- FOR YOUR SAFETY
- PRECAUTIONS FOR BATTERY USAGE
- Handling the Camera
- CONTENTS
- Contents of this manual
- 1 Before using your camera
- 2 Getting Started
- 3 Basic Operation
- 4 Shooting Functions
- 5 Playback Functions
- 6 Settings
- Setting Menu List
- How to Operate the Settings Menu
- Camera Settings
- Formatting a CF card
- Setting the Custom Functions
- Setting the Color Saturation
- Setting the Image Sharpness
- Setting the Contrast
- Setting the Instant Review
- Auto Power Off
- Turning the Beep On and Off
- Changing the Date Style and Date / Time
- Setting the World Time
- Setting the Display Language
- Selecting the Video Output Format
- Setting the LCD Monitor Brightness
- Resetting the File Number
- Setting the Slideshow
- Sensor Cleaning
- Resetting to Default Settings
- Custom Function Chart
- List of City Names
- 7 Connecting
- 8 Appendix
- More Details about Capture Functions
- Effect of Aperture and Shutter Speed
- Calculating flash distance from the aperture used (using built-in flash)
- Calculating aperture used from the flash distance (using the built-in flash)
- F, FA and FA J Lenses Compatibility with the Built-in Flash
- Setting the White Balance Manually
- FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE WITH VARIOUS LENS COMBINATIONS
- Optional Accessories
- Cleaning the CCD
- Precautions Regarding Memory Cards
- Error Messages
- Troubleshooting
- Main Specifications
- Glossary
- WARRANTY POLICY
- More Details about Capture Functions
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Shooting Functions
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Using b (Shutter priority) Mode
• When taking a moving subject, you can use the flash to change the blur
effect.
• Any desired shutter speed 1/150 sec. or slower can be set for taking a
flash photograph.
• The aperture automatically changes according to the ambient
brightness.
Using Av (Aperture-priority) Mode
• You can set the desired aperture to take a flash photograph when you
want to change the depth of field or shoot any far away subject.
• The shutter speed automatically changes with the ambient brightness.
• The shutter speed shifts automatically anywhere from 1/150 sec. to a
slow shutter speed that does not cause camera shake. The slowest
shutter speed depends on the focal length of the lens in use.
• The shutter speed is fixed at 1/150 sec when any lens other than FA J,
FA or F is used.
Slow-Speed-Sync Mode
It is possible to balance the exposure of a foreground subject in a low light
background by using the flash to properly expose the foreground subject
and a slow-shutter-speed to expose the low light background.
y Using M (Hyper manual exposure) Mode
1 Set the exposure mode to a(Hyper manual exposure) mode
2 Set the shutter speed (under 1/150 sec) and aperture value to obtain
correct exposure.
3 Press the flash pop-up button to activate the flash.
4 Take the picture.
Using the flash in each capture mode
The flash can be raised at any time before taking the picture in Hyper manual
exposure mode.