Changing the Control Panel Date/Time Style

1.In the REC mode, press [8] .

2.Use [8] and [2] to select the bottom control panel option (Date/Time). You can use [4] and [6] to select date or time display.

NOTE

•You can select either of two display styles (page 130) for the date: Month/Day or Day/Month.

•The time is displayed using 24-hour format.

Shooting with Zoom

Your camera provides you with 20X optical zoom (that changes the lens focal distance), which can be used in combination with digital zoom (that digitally processes the center portion of the image to enlarge it) for total zoom capabilities of 20X to 318.8X. The image deterioration point depends on the image size (page 44).

1.In the REC mode, slide the zoom controller to zoom.

Zoom controller

z Telephoto w Wide Angle

z(Telephoto) : Enlarges the subject and narrows the range

w(Wide Angle): Reduces the size of the subject and broadens the range

•Sliding the zoom controller as far as it will go in either direction will zoom at high speed.

2.Press the shutter button to shoot the image.

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Snapshot Tutorial