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Contents

Before Use

Information for Your Safety.......................2
About These Operating Instructions......... 4

Preparation

Standard Accessories............................... 7
Names of the Components....................... 8
Quick Guide............................................10
Charging the Battery with the Charger ...11
About the Battery.................................... 12
Inserting/Removing the Ba ttery ..............13
Inserting/Removing the Card..................14
About the Card........................................15
Approximate number of recordable
pictures and the size........................... 16
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap.................17
Attaching the Lens Hood ........................18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)................20
Setup Menu ............................................22
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder .........26

Recording pictures (basic)

Taking Pictures.......................................29
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review)..............................................35
Using the Optical Zoom..........................36
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash ...................................................37
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer .........40
Compensating the Exposure ..................41
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........42
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode.......... 43

Playback (basic)

Playing Back Pictures.............................44
9 Pictures Multi Playback........................45
Using the Playback Zoom.......................46
Deleting Pictures.....................................47

Recording pictures (advanced)

Using the Mode Dial ...............................49
• Aperture-priority AE ............ ..............49
• Shutter-priority AE ...... ...................... 50
• Manual exposure ..............................51
• Macro mode......................................54
• Motion image mode.......................... 54
• Scene mode......................................56
– Portrait mode.................................57
– Sports mode..................................57
– Scenery mode ...............................58
– Night scenery mode.......................58
– Night portrait mode ....................... .59
– Panning mode ...............................59
– Fireworks mode.............................60
– Party mode....................................61
– Snow mode....................................62
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus........ 63
Using the [REC] mode menu.................. 65
• White Balance [W.BALA NCE] ..........66
• ISO Sensitivity [SENSITIVITY]......... 68
• Picture Size [PICT.SIZE]..................68
• Quality [QUALITY] .................. ..........69
• Audio Recording [AUDIO REC.] .......69
• Metering Mode
[METERING MODE].........................70
• AF Mode [AF MODE]........................ 70
• Continuous AF [CONT.AF]...... .........71
• AF Assist Lamp
[AF ASSIST LAMP] ..................... .....72
• Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM]....................72
• Colour Effect [COL.EFFECT]............73
• Picture Adjustment [PICT.ADJ.]........ 73
• Optical Image Stabilizer
[STABILIZER]...................................74
• Flip Animation [FLIP ANIM.].............74
• Conversion Lens [CONVERSION]....77
• External Flash [EXT.FLASH]............79
• External Flash Burst Mode
[EX.FLASH BURST].........................80
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