NAMES OF PARTS

VIEWFINDER

Focus lamp (green)

Flash lamp (orange)

Focus frame

Because the optical viewfinder and the lens are slightly separated, the image seen through one is not exactly the same as the other; this is called parallax. Parallax can cause errors in framing at close distances and is more pronounced at longer focal lengths. When the subject is closer than 1m (3ft) at the wide-angle lens positions or 3m (9.8ft) at the telephoto lens position, use the LCD monitor to compose the image; because the lens creates the monitor image, it does not suffer from parallax.

MODE DIAL

This dial gives direct and easy access to the cam-

era’s major modes. It also acts as the main

switch

Auto-recording mode (p. 20)

Multi-function recording mode (p. 48)

Playback mode (p. 66)

Movie-recording mode (p. 64)

Setup mode (p. 83)

Data-transfer mode (p. 92)

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