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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1
Getting Started
If you accidentally select the wrong language and proceed to the next 
procedure, perform the following operation to set the desired language.
 When the Wrong Language Has Been Inadvertently Selected
1
Press the four-way controller (5).
2
Use the four-way controller (2345) to select the 
desired language and press the 4 button.
The [Initial Setting] screen appears in the selected language.
 When the Screen After Step 2 Appears in the Wrong Language
1
Press the 3 button.
The setting screen is canceled and the camera is set to still picture 
capture mode.
2
Press the 3 button.
The [A Rec. Mode] menu appears.
3
Press the four-way controller (5) twice.
The [W Setting] menu appears.
4
Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Language/
u].
5
Press the four-way controller (5).
The [Language/u] screen appears.
6
Use the four-way controller (2345) to select the 
desired language.
7
Press the 4 button.
The [W Setting] menu appears in the selected language.
To reset the Hometown city, date, and time, refer to the pages below for 
instructions.
• To change the Hometown city, follow the steps in “Setting the World Time” 
(1p.168).
• To change the date and time, follow the steps in “Changing the Date and 
Time” (1p.166).










