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
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Press the 4 button.
The setting is saved and the camera returns to capture status.
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Press the four-way controller (5)
in A mode.
The [Focus Mode] screen appears.
The focus mode changes each time the
button is pressed. You can also change the
setting using the four-way controller (23).
About the red-eye phenomenon
Taking pictures using the flash may cause the subject’s eyes to appear red in
the resulting picture. This phenomenon occurs when the light from the flash is
reflected in the subject’s eyes. It can be reduced by illuminating the area around
the subject or moving closer to the subject and zooming out to a wider angle.
Setting the flash mode to c or d is also an effective way of reducing red eyes.
If the subject’s eyes appear red despite such precautions, they can be corrected
by the red-eye compensation function (p.144).
Saving the Flash Mode setting 1p.113
Selecting the Focus Mode
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Standard
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is 40 cm (16 in.)
or more. The camera is focused on the subject in the autofocus
area when the shutter release button is pressed halfway.
When the subject is close to the camera, the Auto-Macro
function is activated and q appears on the display.
q
Macro
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is approx.
10 cm to 50 cm (4 in. to 20 in.). The camera is focused on the
subject in the autofocus area when the shutter release button
is pressed halfway.
r
Super Macro
This mode is used when the distance to the subject is approx. 5 cm
to 30 cm (2 in. to 12 in.). The camera is focused on the subject in the
autofocus area when the shutter release button is pressed halfway.
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Pan Focus
This mode is used when you ask someone to take pictures for you,
or when taking pictures of the scenery through the window of a car
or train. The entire picture, from the front to the back, is focused.
s
Infinity
This mode is used for taking distant objects. The flash is set to
a (Flash Off).
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Manual Focus This mode lets you adjust the focus manually.
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