Color hue“Taking pictures with colors at the same shade as they appear”

●Taking pictures by selecting white balance (p. 25)

Best results in most environments can normally be obtained with the [WB AUTO] setting, but for some subjects, you should try experimenting with different settings. (This is especially true for sunshade under a clear sky, mixed natural and artificial light settings, and so on.)

Image quality“Taking sharper pictures”

●Taking pictures with the optical zoom

Avoid using digital zoom (p. 16) to take pictures.

●Taking pictures at a low ISO sensitivity

If the picture is taken with a high ISO sensitivity, noise (small colored spots and color unevenness that were not in the original image) can occur, and the image can appear grainy. The resulting image is grainier than with low ISO sensitivity as well.

“Selecting the ISO sensitivity” (p. 25)

Batteries“Making batteries last longer”

●Avoid any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures because they deplete the battery power

●Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway

●Repeatedly using the zoom

●Set [POWER SAVE] (p. 36) to [ON]

Playback/Editing tips

Playback“Playing images in the internal memory and card”

●Remove the card when playing pictures in the internal memory

“Inserting the battery and the SD/SDHC memory card (sold separately)” (p. 10)

Editing“Erasing the sound recorded to a still image”

●Record over the sound with silence when playing back the image

“Adding sound to still images [R]” (p. 31)

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