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Contents

Before Use

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

Recording pictures (advanced)

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].... 79
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