Quick Start

Taking Still Pictures

Shutter release button

Mode dial

Power switch

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vPress the shutter release button.

The image will be displayed on the LCD monitor for 0.5 seconds (Instant Review) and recorded on the CF card. When the image seen through the lens is displayed on the LCD monitor, you can take the next picture.

While recording the image on the CF card, the status lamp and the flash lamp will light alternately.

Start Quick

Zoom button

Viewfinder

LCD monitor

For the simplest procedure to take still pictures:

The flash fires automatically depending on the light conditions.

zPress the power switch. The camera will turn on.

xSet the mode dial to .

cFrame the subject in the viewfinder.

Using the Shutter Release Button

The shutter release button works in a two-step action.

●Press halfway

When the shutter release button is pressed lightly (halfway), the focus, exposure and white balance are locked. You can

find the following information on the LCD monitor, the status lamp and the flash lamp.

q Focusing area

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If the subject is in focus, the frame

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will light green. If the subject is not

 

in focus, the frame will light red.

 

w Flash symbol

 

Start Quick

The focus frame in the middle of the viewfinder indicates the zone of the automatic focusing.

You can change the size of the subject by pressing the Zoom button.

makes the subject bigger.

makes the subject smaller.

●To take pictures using the LCD monitor

When the LCD monitor is turned on, you can take pictures while viewing the image on the LCD monitor.

Focus frame

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Focus frame

The flash symbol indicates the sta-

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tus of the flash when the shutter

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release button is pressed.

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eAperture and shutter speed settings

The aperture and shutter speed settings are usually dis- played in white. If the image is under- or over-exposed, they are displayed in orange.

Status lamp & Flash lamp (on the right of the viewfinder)

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Status lamp

Flash lamp

lit

Subject is in focus

Flash is charged

blink

Subject is not in focus

Flash is charging

●Pressed down fully The picture is taken.

Instant Review

Changing the focus range and position p.41, 48

Preventing the flash firing automatically p.43

Displaying shooting information p.30

The Instant Review default setting is 0.5 seconds. During this

time you can delete the image by pressing the button (The [Delete] menu will be displayed.), and selecting [Delete].

Changing the Instant Review Time p.50

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