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Contents
Warning ............................................................. 2
IMPORTANT ..................................................... 2
EC Declaration of Conformity ............................ 3
Disposal of Electric and Electronic Equipment in
Private Households
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Preface .............................................................. 7
Accessories included ........................................ 8
Camera parts and features ............................... 9
Example of screen text display .................... 10
■Photography mode .............................. 10
■Playback mode .................................... 10
ATTACHING THE STRAP, LENS CAP AND LENS HOOD ................................................................ 11
Attaching the lens cap .................................................................................................................... 11
Attaching the lens hood ................................................................................................................. 12
LOADING THE BATTERIES ............................................................................................................... 13
Compatible batteries ...................................................................................................................... 13
INSERTING THE MEDIA ..................................................................................................................... 14
Checking the battery charge .......................................................................................................... 15
TURNING ON AND OFF / 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 (AUTO MODE) ................................................................................................... 23
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ........................................................................................................ 26
AF-ASSIST ILLUMINATOR ........................................................................................................... 26
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES ............................................................................................. 27
■Standard number of frames per media .................................................................................... 27
USING AF/AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 28
USING ZOOM FUNCTION ............................................................................................................ 29
SHOOTING ASSISTANT FUNCTION ........................................................................................... 30
VIEWING THE IMAGES (wPLAYBACK) .......................................................................................... 31
Single-frame playback / Selecting images / Multi-frame playback ................................................. 31
Sorting by date ............................................................................................................................... 32
Playback zoom ............................................................................................................................... 34
■Zoom scales ............................................................................................................................. 34
ERASING IMAGE (ERASE FRAME) ................................................................................................... 35
PLAYBACK MODE
PHOTOGRAPHY MODE
2 Using the Camera
BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY
FOCUSING (DISTANCE) .................................................................................................................... 36
EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE) .......................................................................... 37
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS ....................................................... 38
SELECTING PHOTOGRAPHY MODE ................................................................................................ 40
BAUTO ....................................................................................................................................... 40
SCENE POSITION .............................................................................................................................. 40
PROGRAMMED AUTO ........................................................................................................... 41
SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO ................................................................................................... 42
APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO ................................................................................................ 43
MANUAL .................................................................................................................................. 44
DEXPOSURE COMPENSATION ..................................................................................................... 45
USING AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 46
ADJUSTING LIGHT METERING (PHOTOMETRY)............................................................................. 47
CONTINUOUS AF ............................................................................................................................... 48
MANUAL FOCUS ................................................................................................................................49
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PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
3 Advanced Features
eMACRO (CLOSE-UP) .................................................................................................................... 50
dFLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 51
xAuto flash ................................................................................................................................... 52
bRed-eye reduction ..................................................................................................................... 52
dForced flash ............................................................................................................................... 52
cSlow synchro ............................................................................................................................. 52
nRed-eye reduction + Slow synchro ............................................................................................ 52
fCONTINUOUS SHOOTING............................................................................................................ 54
fTop 4-frame continuous shooting .............................................................................................. 55
jAuto bracketing .......................................................................................................................... 55
kFinal 4-frame continuous shooting ............................................................................................ 55
hLong-period continuous shooting .............................................................................................. 56
INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS ............................................................................................ 57
PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION ....................................................................................................... 58
˘QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS) ................................................................ 59
Quality settings in Photography mode ........................................................................................... 60
ûSENSITIVITY ................................................................................................................................. 61
üFinePix COLOR ............................................................................................................................. 62
SETTING PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................... 63
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................................... 65
ÄSELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 65
»WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE) .............................................................. 66
âHIGH-SPEED SHOOTING ............................................................................................................ 67
HAF MODE ....................................................................................................................................... 68
ÔFLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT .......................................................................................... 69
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SHARPNESS ................................................................................................................................. 69
‘SATURATION ................................................................................................................................70
“CONTRAST ................................................................................................................................... 70
ÁBRACKETING ................................................................................................................................70
ÈMULTIPLE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................ 71
ÊUSING AN EXTERNAL FLASH ..................................................................................................... 72
BPLAYBACK
PLAYBACK INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 74
ÒERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES ............................................................................................... 75
ÚIMAGE ROTATE ............................................................................................................................ 77
¸HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF) ............................................................................. 78
¸SPECIFYING DPOF SETTINGS EASILY ...................................................................................... 79
¸DPOF SET FRAME ....................................................................................................................... 81
¸DPOF ALL RESET ......................................................................................................................... 83
ÇPROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL .......................................................... 84
◊AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK .............................................................................................................. 86
ÂRECORDING VOICE MEMOS ...................................................................................................... 87
ÂPLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS .................................................................................................. 89
■Playing back voice memos ......................................................................................................... 89
Adjusting volume of voice memos ................................................................................................. 90
¯TRIMMING ..................................................................................................................................... 91
BMOVIE
rRECORDING MOVIES .................................................................................................................. 93
■Recording times per media ........................................................................................................ 94
˘QUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE ........................................................................................ 95
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PHOTO MODE MOVIE
MOVIE MODE
PLAYBACK MENU
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PLAYBACK MENU
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU
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PHOTO MODE PHOTOGRAPHY