Using the camera buttons to set the camera
The recording mode function can be set up by using the camera buttons.
POWER button
Used for turning the camera’s power on / off. If there is no operation during the specified time, the camera's power will be turned off automatically to save battery life.
Refer to page 48 for more information about the auto power off function.
SHUTTER button
Used for taking an image or recording voice in the RECORDING mode.
In MOVIE CLIP mode
Pressing the shutter button down fully starts
the process for recording a movie clip. Press the shutter button once and the movie
clip is recorded for as long as the available recording time in the memory allows. If you
wish to stop recording, press the shutter button again.
In STILL IMAGE mode
Pressing the shutter button down halfway activates the autofocus and checks the condition of the flash. Pressing the shutter button down fully takes and stores the image. If you select voice memo recording, the recording will start after the camera has finished storing the image data.
ZOOM W / T button
If the menu is not displayed, this button works as the OPTICAL ZOOM or DIGITAL ZOOM
button. This camera has a 3X optical zoom and a 3X digital zoom function. Using both will offer a
total zoom ratio of 9X.
TELE Zoom
Optical zoom TELE | : Pressing the ZOOM T button. This will zoom |
| into the subject i.e. the subject will appear |
| nearer. |
Digital zoom TELE | : When the maximum (3X) optical zoom is se- |
lected, pressing the ZOOM T button activates the digital zoom software. Releasing ZOOM T button stops the digital zooming at the required setting. Once the maximum digital zoom (3X) is achieved, pressing the ZOOM T button will have no effect.
Pressing |
| Pressing |
the ZOOM |
| the ZOOM |
T button |
| T button |
[WIDE zoom] | [TELE zoom] | [Digital zoom 3.0X] |
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