28 EN STILL IMAGE RECORDING & PLAYBACK
Still Image Recording
Power Switch
Lock Button
Zoom Lever
MODE
Recording Start/Stop
Button
1 Set the power switch to 
. 2 Set the MODE switch to 
.
●The camera is programmed to record still images on the
●To change the picture quality, see pages 48 and 51.
●To use the flash, see page 31.
3 Press the recording start/stop button. PHOTO indicator appears during shooting. The still image is recorded.
●To check how the image looks before recording, press the recording start/stop button halfway and hold. The 
indicator appears and stops blinking when the captured image is focused. To cancel the recording, release the recording start/stop button. To record it on the recording medium, press the recording start/stop button fully.
NOTES:
●There may be differences in the brightness between the recorded video and still image, even if the same subject is shot.
●To turn the shutter sound off, see page 48.
●For approximate number of storable images, see page 63.
Zooming
Use the zoom function for
Continuous Shooting
If the continuous shooting mode is set to on, keeping the recording start/stop button pressed in step 3 in “Still Image Recording” ( pg. 28) provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 0.5 seconds)
To use this function, set the [CONTINUOUS SHOOTING] to [ON]. ( pg. 51) The 
indicator appears on the display.
●To turn off this function, set [CONTINUOUS SHOOTING] to [OFF].
●Continuous shooting may not work well depending on the recording medium.
●The continuous shooting speed will drop when repeatedly making continuous shots.
Deleting Files
If you press 
during recording mode, the file recorded most recently will be deleted.
( pg. 39)
●However, if the recording mode (video or still image) is switched or the power is turned off and on again after recording, you cannot delete the file.