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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Common Operations
This displays the items that can be set from the menus and provides
descriptions of each item. See the list of default settings in the Appendix
“Default Settings” (p.202) to check whether the settings are saved when
the camera is turned off and whether the settings return to the defaults
when the camera is reset.
[A Rec. Mode] Menu
Menu List
Item Description Page
Recorded Pixels For choosing the number of recorded pixels of still pictures p.92
White Balance
For adjusting the color balance according to the light
conditions
p.96
Focusing Area For changing the autofocus area p.91
AE Metering
For setting the area of the screen that is metered to
determine the exposure
p.98
Sensitivity For setting the sensitivity p.99
EV Compensation
For adjusting the overall brightness of the picture p.94
D-Range Setting
Highlight
Correction
For adjusting the bright areas when the image is
overexposed
p.95
Shadow
Correction
For adjusting the dark areas when the image is
underexposed
Shake
Reduction
For choosing whether to correct camera shake when taking
still pictures
p.102
Face Detection
For spotting the faces in your shot and automatically
adjusting the focus and exposure for the faces
p.100
Blink Detection
For choosing whether to use the Blink Detection function
when the Face Detection function is activated
Digital Zoom
For choosing whether or not to use the Digital Zoom function
p.74
Instant Review For choosing whether to display Instant Review p.103
Memory
For choosing whether to save the set values of the shooting
function or return to the defaults when the camera is turned off
p.113
Green Button
For assigning a function to the Green button so that you can
go straight to it in A mode
p.107
Sharpness For choosing sharp or soft outlines p.104
Saturation For setting the color saturation p.105
Contrast For setting the image contrast level p.105
Date Imprint
For choosing whether to imprint the date and/or time when
taking still pictures
p.106










