Preparing the Camera

Icons Displayed in Shooting Mode

 

Shooting Mode

p. 39, 76

 

Exposure Compensation

p. 85

 

White Balance

p. 86

 

Drive Mode

p. 46, 48

 

ISO Speed

p. 89

 

Photo Effect

p. 90

 

Light Metering Mode p. 83

 

Compression

p. 41

 

Resolution

p. 41, 54

 

Postcard Print

 

 

 

Flash

p. 43

 

Red-eye Reduction p. 44

 

Macro Mode

p. 45

 

Manual Focus

p. 93

 

Auto Rotate Function

p. 95

z(Red)

Movie Recording Mode

p. 56

3.8x 4.9x 6.1x 7.6x 9.3x 12x Digital Zoom Setting*2

p. 47

 

Camera Shake Warning

p. 14

 

Low Battery

p. 17

*1:The icons of all the SCN mode options appear (p. 51). *2:Zoom powers reflect the combined optical and digital zoom effects. These figures appear when the digital

zoom is activated.

zWhen a Shooting mode setting is changed, the settings appear on the LCD monitor for about 6 seconds even if the LCD monitor is set to Standard (No Information) or off. (The Shooting mode settings may not appear depending on the camera setting.) You can set the flash, Macro mode, and the manual focus settings while this information appears on the LCD monitor.

z and the icons in (the shaded area of the chart) appear even when the information view is turned off.

zIn addition to the above, the AF frame, spot metering frame, shutter speed, aperture value, recordable images or recordable movie time are displayed as in the example to the left.

zSetting the shooting mode dial to or modes turns the LCD monitor on regardless of whether it is set to on or off.

zA slow shutter speed has likely been selected because of insufficient lighting if the upper indicator blinks orange after the metering preparations are complete and the camera shake icon ( ) displays in the LCD monitor. Set the flash to or , or affix the camera to a tripod to shoot.

zAfter you take a photo by fully pressing the shutter button, the image displays on the LCD monitor for approximately two seconds (or the review duration you set from 2 to 10 seconds). If you press the SET button while the image is displayed, it will continue to display (p. 37).

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