BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

•There is a speaker on the bottom of the camera. The operation sound and other sounds can become difficult to hear if you cover the speaker with your hand while holding it.

Speaker

NOTE

•Moving the camera as you press the shutter button or while the Auto Focus operation is being performed (when you press the shutter button half way) can cause blurring of the image. Press the shutter button carefully, taking care to avoid camera movement. This is especially important when available lighting is low, which slows down the shutter speed.

Recording an Image

Your camera automatically adjusts shutter speed in accordance with the brightness of the subject. Images you record are stored in the camera’s built-in memory, or to a memory card if you have one loaded in the camera.

•When an optionally available SD memory card, SDHC memory card or MultiMediaCard (MMC) is loaded in the camera, images are stored on the card (page 174).

The camera’s built in memory can record only a few images and is intended for testing the camera or for emergency purposes only. Using a memory card provides more capacity you can use to store more images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer movies. In order to be able to use a commercially available memory card, you first need to format it using the camera’s formatting procedure. For details about formatting a memory card, see page 177.

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