Recording Images

 

Operation

 

 

Important!

 

 

Using the Self-Timer

 

 

• The exposure warning indicators also appear when lighting is out-

 

With the Self-Timer, the shutter is released 10 seconds after you

side the range of the camera. In such a case, changing the aperture

 

 

press the

/PROTECT button.

 

 

will not clear the indicator from the LCD.

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

• The manual exposure adjustment procedure (page 25) cannot be

Enter the Record Mode.

 

 

used when an exposure warning indicator is on the LCD. Clear the

 

 

• Set the function switch to the REC position.

 

 

warning indicator by changing the aperture switch setting.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Start the Self-Timer operation.

 

 

• Pressing the [+] or [–] button to adjust exposure while an exposure

 

 

 

warning indicator is on the LCD causes a +/– exposure value to

 

 

• Place the camera securely on a tripod, desk or other stable
appear. This is an EV value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

surface, with the image to be recorded in the LCD.

 

 

Low Battery Indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• After composing the image, press the

/PROTECT but-

The low battery indicator (

) appears in the center of the LCD

 

 

 

 

ton.

 

 

whenever remaining battery power drops below a certain level. It tells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you that power will soon turn off automatically if you continue using

 

 

• A 10-second countdown starts on the LCD. The shutter will
the camera without replacing batteries. Be sure to replace all four

 

 

release automatically when the end of the countdown

is

batteries with a fresh set of new ones.

 

 

 

reached.

 

 

Note that the camera is designed to automatically turn off power

 

 

 

 

 

 

• To cancel on ongoing Self-Timer operation, press the

/

earlier when a personal computer or other equipment is connected to

 

 

the camera’s DIGITAL terminal for data communications, in order to

 

 

PROTECT button or shutter button.

 

 

protect against problems due to data corruption. Because of this, it is

 

Note

 

 

 

recommended that your use the camera’s optional AC adaptor

 

 

 

 

whenever performing data communications.

 

 

• If you use the Self-Timer with the lens body rotate 180

° (page 22),
• See page 13 for details on how to replace batteries.

 

you can view the countdown on the LCD while waiting for the shut-

 

 

Memory Full Message

 

 

ter to release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are recording images in the Fine Mode and there is not enough

 

Important!

 

 

memory for further Fine Mode recording, the message “REMAIN”

 

 

 

 

• If battery power is low, camera power may turn off while a count-
appears on the monitor screen along with a value that shows how

 

many images can still be recorded in the Normal Mode. You can

 

down is in progress. If this happens, replace the batteries with new

press MODE at this time to change to the Normal Mode and record

 

ones.

 

 

 

more image if you want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The message “MEMORY FULL” means that there is not enough

 

 

 

 

 

memory for further recording in any mode. In this case, you have to use

 

 

 

 

 

the following procedures make room in memory for further recording.

 

 

 

 

 

•Delete some images from memory (page 46)

•Change the resolution of some of the stored images from FINE to NORMAL (page 50)

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Playing Back Images

Playing Back Images

Operation

 

This section describes how to recall and view images stored in cam-

Notes

 

era memory.

 

•

If you set the function switch to PLAY after recording an image, that

 

 

 

 

Displaying Images on the Camera’s LCD

 

 

image appears on the LCD first.

 

 

• The message “MEMORY EMPTY” appears on the LCD if there are

 

Camera memory is divided into “pages”, and each image is assigned

 

 

no images stored in memory when you enter the Playback Mode.

 

to page that is numbered sequentially from 1 through 192 (NORMAL

 

 

 

resolution images). Note that all 192 pages are available only if all
Displaying Images on a TV Screen

 

images are recorded using the NORMAL Mode (page 25).

 

Use the special video cable that comes with the camera to connect it

 

The following procedure describes how to display images on

the

 

to a television as illustrated below, and you can then view the images

 

camera’s built-in LCD.

 

 

 

stored in camera memory on the TV’s screen.

 

1. Enter the Playback Mode and turn on the camera.

 

 

 

Important!

 

• Slide the function switch to the

 

 

REC

•

The camera can be connected only to a TV that is equipped with a

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY position.

 

 

VIDEO IN terminal.

 

• When power comes on, the page

 

•

Make sure that the power of both the camera and the TV are turned

 

that was displayed when you last

PLAY

 

off when making connections.

 

turned power off appears on the

 

•

The signal output through this camera's VIDEO OUT terminal is an

 

LCD.

 

 

 

 

NTSC signal. An image output through this terminal will not look

 

2. Scroll through the memory pages until the image you want

 

 

 

 

 

normal if the camera is connected to a PAL or other type of TV or

 

to view is displayed.

 

 

video deck.

VIDEO OUT terminal

 

 

 

Accessory video cable
• Press [+] to display the next memory page or [–] to display

 

 

 

TV

 

the previous memory page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• To jump to the first (lowest numbered) image in memory,

 

INPUT

 

press the shutter button and [–] button at the same time.

 

L R VIDEO

 

• Holding down [+] or [–] for about two seconds starts high-

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

speed scrolling of images.

 

 

VIDEO IN terminal

 

[+]

[+]

After connecting the camera and TV, set the channel of the TV to the

 

 

 

channel used for video input.

 

[–]

[–]

After connecting the camera and TV, use the same procedures as

 

those described under “Displaying Images on the Camera’s LCD” on

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 31.

 

 

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