BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
1.Press the power button or [
] (REC) to turn on the camera.
Power button | [ ] |
•This causes an image or a message to appear on the monitor screen, and then enters the currently selected recording mode.
•If the camera is in the PLAY mode when it turns on, the message “There are no files.” will appear if you do not have any images stored in memory yet. In
addition, the 
icon will be visible at the top of the display. If this happens, press [
] (REC) to enter the currently selected recording mode.
2. Align the mode dial | Snapshot mode icon | |
with “ ” (Snapshot |
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mode) (page 55). |
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•The 
(Snapshot mode) icon is displayed on the monitor screen while the Snapshot mode is selected.
Focus frame
3.Compose the image on the monitor screen so the main subject is within the focus frame.
•The focusing range of the camera depends on focus mode you are using (page 79).
•You can compose images using either the monitor screen or the optical viewfinder (page 64).
•When using the optical viewfinder to compose images, you can use [DISP] to turn off the monitor screen and conserve battery power.
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