Table of Contents

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

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

ii

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

iii

NOTICES..............................................................................................

vii

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

viii

Task Index .............................................................................................

ix

Product Care ........................................................................................

xi

Before You Begin

 

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

1

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

1

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

2

The Selector ........................................................................................

4

The Command Dial ..........................................................................

4

The Q (Quick Menu) Button...........................................................

5

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

6

Shooting: Optical Viewfinder ....................................................

6

Shooting: Electronic Viewfinder...............................................

7

Shooting: LCD Monitor................................................................

7

Playback: Electronic Viewfinder/LCD Monitor....................

8

First Steps

 

Attaching the Strap ...........................................................................

9

Attaching a Lens ..............................................................................

11

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

12

Inserting the Battery and a Memory Card...........................

13

Compatible Memory Cards.....................................................

16

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

17

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

18

Choosing a Display .........................................................................

19

Using the Hybrid Viewfinder .....................................................

20

The DISP/BACK Button.......................................................................

21

Optical Viewfinder: Shooting .................................................

21

Electronic Viewfinder: Shooting............................................

21

LCD Monitor: Shooting.............................................................

21

Electronic Viewfinder/LCD Monitor: Playback.................

22

Power Management.......................................................................

23

Taking Photographs

 

Program AE (P)..................................................................................

24

Shutter-Priority AE (S) ...................................................................

25

Aperture-Priority AE (A) ...............................................................

26

Manual Exposure (M).....................................................................

27

Long Time-Exposures (T/B).........................................................

28

Time (T)..............................................................................................

28

Bulb (B)...............................................................................................

28

Exposure Compensation..............................................................

29

Focusing and Taking Pictures ....................................................

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