Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Using Your Camera Safely
- Care to be Taken During Handling
- Contents
- Composition of the Operating Manual
- Camera Features
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Common Operations
- 3 Taking Pictures
- Taking Still Pictures
- Taking Pictures
- Setting the Shooting Mode
- Using the Face Detection Function
- Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)
- Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)
- Using the Zoom
- Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene/Night Scene Portrait/Digital SR/Fireworks/Candlelight Mode)
- Taking Pictures of People (Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Sport/Surf & Snow Mode)
- Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)
- Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)
- Taking Pictures Using the Miniature/HDR Filter
- Using the Camera’s Self-timer
- Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)
- Taking Pictures Using the Remote Control Unit (Optional)
- Setting the Shooting Functions
- Selecting the Flash Mode
- Selecting the Focus Mode
- Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels
- Compensating for Exposure (EV Compensation)
- Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Setting the AE Metering
- Setting the Sensitivity
- Switching the Face Detection Function
- Setting the Shake Reduction Function
- Setting the Instant Review
- Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
- Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
- Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
- Setting the Date Imprint Function
- Calling Up a Specific Function
- Recording Movies
- Saving the Settings (Memory)
- Taking Still Pictures
- 4 Playing Back and Deleting Images
- 5 Editing and Printing Images
- 6 Recording and Playing Back Sound
- 7 Settings
- Camera Settings
- Formatting an SD Memory Card
- Changing the Sound Settings
- Changing the Date and Time
- Setting the World Time
- Changing the Display Language
- Changing the Naming System of the Folder
- Changing the Video Output Format
- Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
- Using the Power Saving Function
- Setting the Auto Power Off Function
- Changing the Start-up Screen
- Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)
- Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
- Camera Settings
- 8 Connecting to a Computer
- 9 Appendix

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Taking Pictures 63
Taking Still Pictures............................................................................64
Taking Pictures............................................................................... 64
Setting the Shooting Mode .............................................................67
Using the Face Detection Function ................................................69
Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode) .......................70
Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings
(Program Mode) .......................................................................71
Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode) ..........................72
Using the Zoom ..............................................................................73
Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene/Night Scene Portrait/
Digital SR/Fireworks/Candlelight Mode) ..................................75
Taking Pictures of People (Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)........ 76
Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode) ........................................ 77
Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode) .........................................78
Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities
(Sport/Surf & Snow Mode) .......................................................79
Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode) ..........................80
Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode) ............................................ 81
Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode) .............................................. 82
Taking Pictures Using the Miniature/HDR Filter .............................83
Using the Camera’s Self-timer........................................................ 84
Taking a Series of Pictures
(Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)...........................85
Taking Pictures Using the Remote Control Unit (Optional) ............86
Setting the Shooting Functions.........................................................88
Selecting the Flash Mode ...............................................................88
Selecting the Focus Mode ..............................................................89
Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels......................................92
Compensating for Exposure (EV Compensation)...........................94
Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting) .................................95
Adjusting the White Balance........................................................... 96
Setting the AE Metering..................................................................98
Setting the Sensitivity .....................................................................99
Switching the Face Detection Function ........................................100
Setting the Shake Reduction Function .........................................102
Setting the Instant Review ............................................................103
Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)...................................104
Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)......................................105
Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)..........................................105
Setting the Date Imprint Function .................................................106
Calling Up a Specific Function......................................................107










