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Contents
WARNINGS ............................................................ 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................ 2
IMPORTANT ........................................................... 2
Warning ................................................................... 3
EC Declaration of Conformity .................................. 3
Preface .................................................................... 7
Disposal of Electric and Electronic Equipment in
Private Households ................................................. 7
Accessories included .............................................. 8
Camera parts and features ..................................... 9
Attaching the strap ............................................ 10
Using the strap .................................................. 10
Example of LCD Monitor text display ................ 10
Photography mode ................................... 10
Playback mode ......................................... 10
LOADING THE BATTERY AND THE MEDIA ...................................................................................... 11
Compatible battery ......................................................................................................................... 11
Checking the battery charge .......................................................................................................... 12
CHARGING THE BATTERY ................................................................................................................ 13
TURNING ON AND OFF ..................................................................................................................... 15
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME ........................................................................................................ 16
CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE FORMAT ...................................... 17
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................... 19

1 Getting Ready

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ............................................................................................................... 20
TAKING PICTURES (BAUTO MODE) ......................................................................................... 22
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ........................................................................................................ 24
AF-ASSIST ILLUMINATOR ........................................................................................................... 24
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES ............................................................................................. 24
Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card ................................................................... 24
USING AF/AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 25
SHOOTING ASSISTANT FUNCTION ........................................................................................... 26
VIEWING THE IMAGES (wPLAYBACK) .......................................................................................... 27
MOVE TO PHOTOGRAPHY MODE OR PLAYBACK MODE ............................................................. 27
Single-frame playback / Selecting images ..................................................................................... 27
Multi-frame playback / Sorting by date ...........................................................................................28
Playback zoom ...............................................................................................................................30
ERASING IMAGE (ERASE FRAME) ................................................................................................... 31
PLAYBACK MODE
PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

2 Using the Camera

BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS ....................................................... 32
SELECTING PHOTOGRAPHY MODE ................................................................................................ 34
BAUTO ........................................................................................................................................ 34
ÀNATURAL LIGHT / ?SCENE POSITION .................................................................................. 34
sMANUAL / MSHUTTER PRIORITY AE / <APERTURE PRIORITY AE ...................................... 38
eMACRO (CLOSE-UP) .................................................................................................................... 44
dFLASH PHOTOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................. 45
AUTO Auto flash (no icon) ............................................................................................................. 45
bRed-eye reduction ..................................................................................................................... 45
dForced flash ............................................................................................................................... 46
vSuppressed flash ....................................................................................................................... 46
cSlow synchro ............................................................................................................................. 46
nRed-eye reduction + Slow synchro ............................................................................................ 46
INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS ...................................................................................... 47
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

3 Advanced Features

˘QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS) ................................................................ 48
Quality settings in Photography mode ........................................................................................... 49
ûSENSITIVITY ................................................................................................................................. 50
üFinePix COLOR ............................................................................................................................. 51
SETTING PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................... 52
Changing the page number ........................................................................................................... 53
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................................... 55
ÄSELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 55
¨EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ..................................................................................................... 56
ˆPHOTOMETRY .............................................................................................................................. 57
»WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE) .............................................................. 57
âHIGH-SPEED SHOOTING ............................................................................................................ 59
ÅCONTINUOUS SHOOTING ........................................................................................................... 59
fTop 3-frame continuous shooting .............................................................................................. 60
kFinal 3-frame continuous shooting ............................................................................................ 60
hLong-period continuous shooting .............................................................................................. 61
HAF MODE ....................................................................................................................................... 61
ÏCENTER .................................................................................................................................... 61
˝MULTI ........................................................................................................................................ 61
ÓCONTINUOUS .......................................................................................................................... 62
BPLAYBACK
ÒERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES ............................................................................................... 63
ÚIMAGE ROTATE ............................................................................................................................ 65
¸HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF) ............................................................................. 66
¸SPECIFYING DPOF SETTINGS EASILY ......................................................................................67
¸DPOF SET FRAME ....................................................................................................................... 69
¸DPOF ALL RESET .........................................................................................................................71
ÇPROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL .......................................................... 72
AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK .............................................................................................................. 74
ÂRECORDING VOICE MEMOS ...................................................................................................... 75
ÂPLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS .................................................................................................. 77
Playing back voice memos ......................................................................................................... 77
Adjusting volume of voice memos ................................................................................................. 78
¯TRIMMING ..................................................................................................................................... 79
BMOVIE
rRECORDING MOVIES .................................................................................................................. 81
Recording times per xD-Picture Card ....................................................................................... 82
˘QUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE ........................................................................................ 83
PLAYING BACK MOVIES ................................................................................................................... 84
Playing back movies .................................................................................................................. 84
Adjusting volume of movies ........................................................................................................... 85
PLAYBACK MODE
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PHOTO MODE MOVIE
MOVIE MODE
PLAYBACK MENU
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PHOTO MODE PLAYBACK
PLAYBACK MENU
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
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PHOTO MODE PHOTOGRAPHY