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self-timer

Delays shutter release for 12 seconds after you full-press the shutter button so you have enough time to include yourself in the picture.

sharpness

The degree of clarity or definition of the boundaries in an image. With your camera, the overall sharpness can be set for NORMAL, SOFT, and HARD.

shooting mode

The camera has different operating modes from which you can choose: Program (P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter priority (S), and Manual (M).

shutter speed

The shutter controls the effect of movement by the subject in the picture. It can either freeze the action with a fast shutter speed, or give the impression of blurred movement with a slow shutter speed. The shutter speed selected will also affect overall exposure of the image.

SmartMedia

A media card just 0.76 mm thick, but capable of storing up 4~64 MB of image data. 3.3 V and 5 V SmartMedia memory cards are available; your camera employs only the 3.3 V type.

spot metering

The meter reading is taken from a very small area around the center of the subject, defined by the spot metering area mark in the viewfinder. Spot metering is ideal for use in difficult light conditions, or when the important element of the picture (subject’s face) is small. Use spot metering for backlit subjects, or sports and stage performers. See also digital ESP metering and center weighted averaging metering.

storable pictures

The number of pictures which can be stored on the memory card. The number of pictures that you can store on one card is first determined by the capacity of the card. The number of storable pictures greatly varies with the record mode (quality, resolution, and compression) setting that you select before taking pictures.

subject

The person or object that you want to shoot. Normally, you cover the subject with the AF target mark in the viewfinder, half-press the shutter button to focus the subject automatically, and then full-press the shutter button to take the picture. See also difficult subjects.

TIFF

Denotes Tagged Image File Format. A format for storing non-compressed image data in black and white, grayscaled, or color. This format is commonly used by scanner and graphics software applications. Your camera can store images in color TIFF format but the size of TIFF files are much larger than files compressed in the JPEG format.

TTL flash metering

A sensor in the camera measures the amount of light at the moment of exposure and determines the amount of flash output while taking into account the amount of existing light. TTL means through the lens.

viewfinder

The viewer that you look through to frame and compose a picture.

white balance

Allows you to change color tone in pictures. By setting the white balance, images are not affected by surrounding light, something you should always consider when taking pictures under fluorescent lighting. You can use automatic, quick reference, or preset white balancing. Use preset white balancing when colors do not come out right with automatic or quick reference white balancing.

zoom ring

Move the zoom ring towards T to zoom in on the subject and enlarge it in the viewfinder, or move it towards W to zoom out and make it smaller in the viewfinder.

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