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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* A2 varies depending on the [Face Detection] setting in the [A Rec. 
Mode] menu.
If set to [Off], nothing appears in A2.
* A3 varies depending on the [D-Range Setting] setting in the [A Rec. 
Mode] menu.
If [Highlight Correction] and [Shadow Correction] are both set to P 
(Off), nothing appears in A3.
* A4 varies depending on the following conditions.
* B2 and B3 appear only when the shutter release button is pressed 
halfway.
* When the shooting mode is b (Auto Picture) and if you press the 
shutter release button halfway, the automatically selected shooting 
mode appears in A1 even when “No Info” is selected (p.70).
* Some indications may not appear depending on the shooting mode.
A1
Shooting mode (p.67)
A11
Battery level indicator (p.35)
A2
Face Detection mode (p.69)
A12
Recorded Pixels (p.92)
A3
D-Range Setting (p.95)
A13
White Balance (p.96)
A4
Shake Reduction setting (
p.102
)
A14
AE Metering (p.98)
A5
Flash Mode (p.88)
A15
Sensitivity (p.99)
A6
Drive Mode (p.84, p.85)
A16
Histogram (p.26)
A7
Focus Mode (p.89)
A17
EV Compensation (p.94)
A8
Digital Zoom/
Intelligent Zoom icon (p.73)
A18
Date Imprint setting (p.106)
B1
Focus frame (p.64)
A9
Memory status (p.40)
B2
Shutter s
peed
A10
Remaining image storage capacity
B3
Aperture
I When [Face Detection] is set to [On]
J When [Face Detection] is set to [Smile]
P When [Highlight Correction] is set to O (On)
Q When [Shadow Correction] is set to O (On)
O
When [Highlight Correction] and [Shadow Correction] are both set to O 
(On)
M When [Shake Reduction] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu is set to O (On)
l
When [Shake Reduction] is set to P (Off) (If the camera shake is likely to 
occur, f is indicated when the shutter button is pressed halfway.)










