α Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Introduction of functions
- Before use
- Functions list
- Preparing the camera
- Shooting and viewing images
- Selecting a shooting mode
- Switching the recording information display
- Adjusting the focus
- Adjusting the brightness of the image
- Using the drive mode
- Advanced shooting
- Using the flash (sold separately)
- Flash modes available
- Flash Compensation
- Flash control
- FEL lock
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Setting the image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Setting image size
- Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
- Detecting faces
- Smile Shutter
- Zooming
- Reducing the noise in an image
- Setting the color space
- Movie recording setup
- Advanced playback
- Setup of the camera
- Viewing images on a computer
- Troubleshooting/Others
- Index
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Preparing the camera
Setting the date and time
When you turn the camera on for the first time or after you initialize the
functions, the date/time setup screen appears.
1 Set the power switch to ON to turn
the camera on.
The screen used for setting date and time
appears.
• To turn the camera off, set it to OFF.
2 Verify that [Enter] is selected on
the LCD screen, then press the
center of the multi-selector.
3 Select your area with b/B on the multi-selector, then press the
center of the multi-selector.
4 Select each item with b/B and
set the numeric value with v/V.
[Daylight Svg.:]: Turns on or off the
daylight saving time setting.
[Date Format:]: Selects the format to
display date.
• Midnight is indicated as 12:00 AM, and
noon as 12:00 PM.