Contents

Before Use

Recording pictures (advanced)

Information for Your Safety

2

About These Operating Instructions

5

Preparation

 

Standard Accessories

8

Names of the Components

10

Quick Guide

12

Charging the Battery with the Charger ...

13

About the Battery

14

Inserting/Removing the Battery

15

Inserting/Removing the Card

16

About the Card

17

Approximate number of recordable

 

pictures and the size

18

Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap

19

Attaching the Lens Hood

20

Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)

22

Setup Menu

24

About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder

28

Recording pictures (basic)

 

Taking Pictures

31

Checking the Recorded Picture

 

(Review)

37

Using the Optical Zoom

38

Taking Pictures using the Built-in

 

Flash

39

Taking Pictures with the Self-timer

42

Compensating the Exposure

43

Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket

44

Taking Pictures using Burst Mode

45

Playback (basic)

 

Playing Back Pictures

46

9 Pictures Multi Playback

47

Using the Playback Zoom

48

Deleting Pictures

49

Using the Mode Dial

51

Aperture-priority AE

51

Shutter-priority AE

52

• Manual exposure

53

• Macro mode

56

• Motion image mode

56

• Scene mode

58

– Portrait mode

59

– Sports Mode

59

– Scenery mode

60

– Night scenery mode

60

– Night portrait mode

61

– Panning mode

61

– Fireworks mode

62

– Party mode

63

– Snow mode

64

Taking Pictures with Manual Focus

65

Using the [REC] mode menu

67

• White Balance [W.BALANCE]

68

• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY]

70

• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE]

70

• Quality [QUALITY]

71

• Metering Mode

 

[METERING MODE]

72

• AF Mode [AF MODE]

72

• Continuous AF [CONT.AF]

73

• AF Assist Lamp

 

[AF ASSIST LAMP]

74

• Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM]

74

• Color Effect [COL.EFFECT]

75

• Picture Adjustment [PICT.ADJ.]

75

• Optical Image Stabilizer

 

[STABILIZER]

76

• Flip Animation [FLIP ANIM.]

76

• Conversion Lens [CONVERSION]....

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