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
You can use the zoom to change the captured area.
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Press the zoom button in A mode.
Right (x) Enlarges the subject.
Left (w) Widens the area that is
captured by the camera.
When you continue to press the button
towards the right (x), the camera
automatically switches from optical zoom to
Intelligent Zoom.
Once the button is released and pressed
again, the camera switches to Digital Zoom.
The zoom bar is displayed as follows.
*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 5× optically.
*2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the number of
recorded pixels. See the following table.
•The 9 mode is available only when it is assigned to the Green button
in [Green Button] of the [A Rec. Mode] menu (p.107). By default, the
9 mode is assigned to the Green button.
•In 9 mode, you cannot change the information on the display by
pressing the 4/W button.
• If you press the 3 button in 9 mode, the [W Setting] menu
appears. The [A Rec. Mode] and [C Movie] menus cannot be
displayed.
• When the camera is turned off in 9 mode, it turns on in 9 mode next
time the power switch is pressed.
Using the Zoom
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Zoom bar
Zoom ratio
Focus range
(during zooming only)
Zoom in with high
image quality.
Zoom in with some degree of
image deterioration.
Optical zoom range
*1
Intelligent
Zoom range
*2
Digital Zoom
range