Taking Pictures

Since the camera can determine the subject and shooting conditions, you can let it automatically select the best settings for the scene and just shoot. The camera can also detect and focus on faces, setting the color and brightness to optimal levels.

Focus range (approx.) Zoom bar

Turn on the camera.

●Press the power button.

XThe start-up sound will play, and the start- up screen will appear.

●Pressing the power button again will turn the camera off.

Choose A mode.

●Set the mode dial to A.

●When you point the camera toward the subject, the camera will make a slight noise as it determines the scene.

XThe camera focuses on the subject it judges to be the main subject, and the icon for the determined scene appears in the upper right of the screen.

XWhen faces are detected, a white frame appears on the face of the main subject, while gray frames appear on other detected faces.

XEven if the detected faces move, the camera will follow the faces within a certain range.

Compose the shot.

●Moving the zoom lever toward iwill zoom

in on your subject, making it appear larger. Moving the lever toward jwill zoom out from your subject, making it appear smaller.

●Keep your subject within the available focusing range that appears on the screen for a given zoom position.

Focus.

●Press the shutter button halfway to focus. XWhen the camera focuses, it will beep

twice and the indicator will light green.

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