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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3
Taking Pictures
4
Use the four-way controller (23)
to change the sensitivity.
5
Press the 4 button.
The setting is saved.
6
Press the 3 button.
The camera returns to capture status.
The S1 comes with a Face Detection function that spots the faces in your
shot and automatically adjusts the focus and exposure for the faces. It
will automatically release the shutter when people are smiling, or if
anyone blinked, it will tell you that so you can take the shot again until it
is perfect. The default setting is [On] for [Face Detection] and O (On) for
[Blink Detection].
1
Press the 3 button in A mode.
The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Face
Detection].
• When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400, the number of recorded
pixels is fixed at f (2592×1944).
•In 9 (Green) mode or when recording a movie, only [Auto] (sensitivity
64 - 800) is available.
•In c (Digital SR) mode, only [Auto] (sensitivity 64 - 6400) is
available.
•In S (Fireworks) mode, the sensitivity is fixed at the minimum value.
• If you change the [Sensitivity] setting frequently, you can save time by
assigning it to the Green button (p.107).
Saving the Sensitivity setting 1p.113
Switching the Face Detection Function
Rec. Mode
1/3
OK
OK
MENU
Cancel
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200
100
64
EV Compensation
Recorded Pixels
White Balance
AE Metering
Sensitivity
Focusing Area
Auto