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Contents
Warning ............................................................ 2
IMPORTANT .................................................... 2
EC Declaration of Conformity ........................... 3
Preface ............................................................. 6
Accessories included ........................................7
Camera parts and features ...............................8
Example of screen text display ..................... 9
Photography mode ............................... 9
Playback mode ..................................... 9
ATTACH THE LENS CAP / STRAP / ADAPTER RING ......................................................................10
Attaching the lens cap..................................................................................................................... 10
LOADING THE BATTERIES ...............................................................................................................11
Compatible batteries .......................................................................................................................11
INSERTING THE MEDIA .................................................................................................................... 12
TURNING ON AND OFF / SETTING THE DATE AND TIME ............................................................. 13
CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE ORDER ........................................14
Correcting the date and time ..........................................................................................................14
Changing the date order ................................................................................................................ 14
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE .......................................................................................................... 15
CHECKING THE BATTERY CHARGE................................................................................................ 16

1 Getting Ready

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ............................................................................................................... 17
TAKING PICTURES (BAUTO MODE) .........................................................................................20
USING LCD MONITOR ................................................................................................................. 22
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ........................................................................................................ 23
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES ............................................................................................. 23
Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card ................................................................... 23
USING AF/AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 24
USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM/DIGITAL ZOOM) .............................................................. 25
BEST FRAMING ............................................................................................................................ 25
VIEWING THE IMAGES (wPLAYBACK) .......................................................................................... 26
Single-frame playback/Selecting images/Multi-frame playback .....................................................26
Playback zoom ...............................................................................................................................27
ERASING IMAGES (oERASE FRAME) ............................................................................................ 28
PLAYBACK MODE
PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

2 Using the Camera

BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS .......................................................29
PHOTOGRAPHY MODE SELECTOR .................................................................................................30
BAUTO / mSCENE POSITION .................................................................................................. 30
sMANUAL ........................................................................................................................................31
eMACRO (CLOSE-UP) ....................................................................................................................32
dFLASH ........................................................................................................................................... 33
xAuto flash mode .........................................................................................................................34
bRed-eye reduction ..................................................................................................................... 34
dForced flash ...............................................................................................................................34
cSlow synchro ............................................................................................................................. 35
nRed-eye reduction + Slow synchro ............................................................................................35
INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS ............................................................................................ 36
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU OPERATION ............................................................................................... 37
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................................... 38
yQUALITY SETTINGS IN PHOTOGRAPHY MODE........................................................................ 38
*SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY .....................................................................................................39
SCENE POSITION ........................................................................................................................ 40
zFLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ..........................................................................................41
DEV (EXPOSURE COMPENSATION) ............................................................................................41
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

3 Advanced Features