Sunset - optimized to reproduce rich, warm sunsets. When the sun is above the horizon, do not point the camera toward the sun for prolonged periods of time. The intensity of the sun could damage the CCD. Between exposures, turn off the camera.

Night View - for landscapes at twilight or night. The use of a tripod is recommended. The flash mode is fixed to flash cancel.

Night Portrait - for portraits at twilight or night. The flash and background exposures are balanced. The use of a tripod is recommended. The flash mode is fixed to slow sync. Ask your subjects not to move after the main burst; the shutter may still be open for the background exposure.

Text - To take pictures of black text or line art on white backgrounds.

SPOT AF

The spot AF is used for selective focusing. Both focus and exposure are determined with the spot focus area. When auto reset (p. 76) is active, the spot AF area resets to the wide focus frame when the camera is turned off. When used with the digital zoom (p. 55), the spot focus area is enlarged.

Press and hold the center button of the controller to display the spot focus area; press and hold the button again to return to the wide focus frame. Take the picture as described in the basic recording operation section on page 25.

When the live image only display is used, switching between the wide and spot AF modes resets the display mode to the full display.

PLAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION

Images can be viewed in the playback mode. The playback mode has additional functions, see page 61. Playback can also be used with the camera in the cradle, see page 36.

 

To view recorded images, press the mode button (1). If the

 

camera is off, continue to press the button until the moni-

 

tor activates.

1

Use the left/right keys of the controller to scroll through

 

the images (2).

 

Press the mode button again to return to the recording

2

mode.

 

SINGLE-FRAME PLAYBACK DISPLAY

Mode indicator

Magnification display (p. 35)

 

Image-size display (p. 44)

 

Image-quality indicator (p. 44)

 

Battery-condition indicator (p. 18)

Time of recording

Folder number - file number (p. 79)

 

Date of recording

Frame number / total number of images

Movie indicator

E-mail copy indicator (p. 72)

Lock indicator (p. 67)

DPOF-setup indicator (p. 70)

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Recording - basic operation

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