Table of Contents

For Your Safety .................................................................................

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS......................................

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Safety Notes ....................................................................................

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About This Manual..........................................................................

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Before You Begin

 

Introduction.......................................................................................

1

Symbols and Conventions..........................................................

1

Supplied Accessories....................................................................

1

Parts of the Camera.......................................................................

2

Camera Displays ..........................................................................

5

First Steps

 

Attaching Accessories ...................................................................

8

The Strap.........................................................................................

8

The Lens Cap.................................................................................

8

The Lens Hood .............................................................................

8

Charging the Battery .....................................................................

9

Inserting the Battery....................................................................

10

Inserting a Memory Card ...........................................................

12

Turning the Camera on and Off ..............................................

15

Basic Setup .......................................................................................

16

Basic Photography and Playback

 

Taking Pictures ...............................................................................

17

Viewing Pictures ............................................................................

21

More on Photography

 

Shooting Mode...............................................................................

22

P: PROGRAM AE ............................................................................

23

S: SHUTTER PRIORITY AE...........................................................

24

A: APERTURE PRIORITY AE........................................................

24

M: MANUAL ....................................................................................

25

C1/C2/C3: CUSTOM MODE.......................................................

26

EXR (EAUTO/EPriority) .......................................

27

BAUTO ..........................................................................................

28

Adv. ADVANCED...........................................................................

28

SP SCENE POSITION ....................................................................

32

Focus Lock.........................................................................................

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The AE/AF LOCK Button.....................................................................

35

Locking Exposure......................................................................

35

Locking Focus.............................................................................

35

FMacro and Super Macro Modes (Close-ups)................

36

NUsing the Flash (Super-Intelligent Flash).......................

37

JUsing the Self-Timer...............................................................

39

Continuous Shooting (Burst Mode/Bracketing)..............

40

dExposure Compensation.....................................................

44

Metering ............................................................................................

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Focus Mode ......................................................................................

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Focus Frame Selection ................................................................

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Sensitivity .........................................................................................

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White Balance..................................................................................

50

The Fn Button..................................................................................

52

bIntelligent Face Detection..................................................

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