Operating Instructions
Information for Your Safety
Dear Customer
Before Use
If you will not be using the camera for a long time
About the Lens
About illustrations in these operating instructions
About These Operating Instructions
About indications in these operating instructions
About illustrations of the cursor button
Contents
AF Assist Lamp
Audio Recording Audio REC Metering Mode
Extra Flash Burst Mode
Conversion Lens
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Standard Accessories
RP-SD032B CGR-S006E
VYK1P30
AF Assist Lamp P87
Self-timer Indicator P52
Lens P4
Flash P48
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Tripod is stable with the camera attached to it
Charging the Battery with the Charger
About the Battery Charging/number of recordable pictures
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Check that the camera is turned off Close the flash
Card may be damaged if it is not fully inserted
Inserting/Removing the Card
Slide the card door to open it
About the Card
Strap Eyelet
Removing the Lens Cap/Attaching the Strap
Pinch the lens cap and remove it
Pass the strap through the stopper and fasten the strap
Make sure the lens hood is properly attached
When attaching the lens hood
Attaching/Removing the Lens Hood
Attach the lens cap
Ensure that the lens cap is firmly attached
Changing the clock setting
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Initial setting
Set date and time
About the Setup Menu
Auto Review
Setup menu Refer to P20 for the setting method
MONITOR/VIEWFINDER
Play on LCD
Beep
Volume
NO.RESET
Shutter
Language
Highlight
Video OUT
About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder
Switching the LCD monitor/ Viewfinder
Recording mode P36
LCD Monitor
Playback mode P58
You can switch between the LCD monitor and the Viewfinder
Taking pictures at a normal angle
About the Viewfinder
You can use the LCD monitor only
LCD monitor rotation direction
Direction detection function
Recording guide line
Diopter adjustment
Out-of-frame display
Highlight display
Under Exposed B Properly Exposed C Over Exposed ¢Histogram
Histogram
Example of histogram
Approximate number of recordable pictures and the size
Quality
5M EZ
Indicated zoom magnification is an approximation
Using the Optical Zoom
About the zoom
Zoom ring
Optical zoom Digital zoom
Using the Digital Zoom
Using the Extra Optical Zoom EZ
Digital zoom and optical zoom Can be used together
Extra optical zoom mechanism
Picture size and maximum zoom magnification
± Available, Not available
Mode Dial
SCN
Take a picture
Turn the camera on Set the mode dial to programme AE mode
Taking Pictures
Programme AE
Press the shutter button fully
When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights
Focusing
Please do not rotate the zoom ring during auto focus
Party P74
Starry SKY P76 When you set to a slower shutter speed P63
Jitter camera shake
Programme shift
Example of Programme shift
AE Lock Button
Exposure
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
Auto Mode Settings
Flash Output Adjustment Zoom
AE Lock
Enlarge and shift the picture
Checking the Recorded Picture Review
Press 4 REV
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Focus range
Set the focus switch to AF Macro
Taking Close-up Pictures AF Macro
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
MF assistance appears on the centre of the screen
Technique for Manual focus
When pressing the shutter button halfway
MF Assist
One shot AF
Prefocus
Changing the zoom area
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Available flash settings by recording mode
Cm to 7.0 m Cm to 5.3 m
Adjusting flash output
30 to 1/2000
Do not stare at the photo flash from close proximity
Take the picture
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Select the self-timer mode
Compensate the exposure toward positive
Compensating the Exposure
Under exposed
Properly exposed Over exposed
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
Optical Image Stabilizer
Number of pictures recorded in burst mode
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Select the burst mode
When the burst mode setting is set to Unlimited
Recording pictures basic
Playing Back Pictures
Select the picture
To return to the normal playback
Select the pictures
Examples of 16 screens and 25 screens
To delete a picture during a multi playback
Shift the picture
Using the Playback Zoom
Rotate the front dial towards Right to enlarge the picture
Zoom
Delete the picture
Play back the previous picture Play back the next picture
Select the pictures to be deleted
Delete the pictures
Set the aperture value and take the picture
Using the Mode Dial
Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
Press the shutter button halfway
Manual exposure
Set the aperture value and the shutter speed
Aperture value Shutter speed
Manual Exposure Assistance
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed Aperture-priority AE
Manual exposure
When the subject is focused, the focus indication a lights
Motion picture mode
This mode allows you to record motion pictures with audio
Select PICT.MODE
Available recording time seconds
VGA Qvga
Scene mode
Night Portrait P71 Night Scenery P72
Technique for Sports mode
Rotate the zoom ring to Tele as far as possible
Food mode
Technique for Night portrait mode Use the flash. P48
Technique for Night scenery mode
Age display setting
Soft skin mode
Technique for Candle light mode
Technique for Party mode Open the flash. P48
Fireworks mode
Press 3/4 to select the exposure time and press
Technique for Starry sky mode
Setting the shutter speed
Panning mode
Technique for Panning mode
Using the REC mode menu
EX.FLASH Burst P96 Displayed when an extra flash is attached
Auto White Balance
REC mode menu Refer to P78 for the setting method
White Balance W.BALANCE
About the white balance
Setting the White Balance manually White set
About the white balance fine adjustment
Is insufficient
Use in bright Not Places Suitable Outdoors Use in dark
ISO Sensitivity Sensitivity
ISO sensitivity 400
Fast
When the aspect ratio is
Picture Size PICT.SIZE
Quality Quality
Audio DUB Resize Trimming
Metering Mode
Audio Recording Audio REC
High speed AF H mode
AF Mode AF Mode
Area-focusing Camera focuses on any
Selecting the AF area
When selecting 1-area-focusing or
Set the Focus switch to AF or
AF Assist Lamp
Auto mode , the CONT.AF setting is fixed to OFF
Continuous AF CONT.AF
AF assist lamp does not turn
Digital Zoom D.ZOOM
Colour Effect COL.EFFECT
Picture Adjustment PICT.ADJ Flip Animation Flip Anim
Select Create Motion
Select Flip Anim Capture images for flip animation
Select Picture Capture
5fps
Select Frame Rate and set the number of frames
Select Create Motion Picture and create a flip animation
10fps
Set to or
Conversion Lens
Conversion
Rotate the lens slowly and carefully OFF
Set to Tele or Wide
Recordable range when using the conversion lens
Time required for focusing may become longer than usual
Extra Flash EXT.FLASH
Switch the extra flash forced off setting
Icon Setting
Settings on the extra flash
Manual
Extra Flash Burst Mode EX.FLASH Burst
Fast forwarding/Fast rewinding
Playing Back Pictures with Audio/Motion Pictures
Cursor displayed during playback corresponds to 3/4/ 2/1
To pause
Using the Play mode menu
Set the items of the Slide Show
Playing Back with Slide Show
Select ALL or
Select Start
Select the picture and set it
Setting Favorites Favorite
100
Select on to set it
101
Rotating the Picture Rotate
Example When rotating clockwise
102
Select the picture to be rotated and set it
Select SINGLE, Multi or
Setting the Picture to be Printed and the Number
103
To print the date
To cancel all settings Select YES to cancel all settings
104
Preventing Accidental Erasure of the Picture Protect
Select SINGLE, Multi or Cancel
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Recording
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Adding Audio to Recorded
Resizing the Pictures Resize
Are displayed When the aspect ratio setting is
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Select the size and set it
Trimming the Pictures
108
Select YES or no and set it
Select the picture to trim and set
Shift the picture and press the shutter button to set
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Enlarge or decrease the picture
110
Aspect ratio conversion
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Clean-up Clean UP
Select YES to start the clean-up
Select YES to format
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Initializing the Card Format
During formatting, do not turn the camera off
Playing back pictures with AV cable supplied
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
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Turn the camera and the TV off
Select USB Mode
Before Connecting to the PC or the Printer
USB Mode
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Windows
Connecting to a PC
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Macintosh
Conditions under which a different folder number is used
116
Folder Composition
PictBridge PTP setting
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Disconnect the USB connection cable after printing
Connecting to a PictBridge-compliant Printer
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Select a picture to be printed
Set the print settings
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Select Dpof Picture
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Select Print Start and then print out the picture
Layout
Setting the date printing with the Dpof print in advance
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Focus on the subject and take a picture
Using the Remote Shutter
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MCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density
Using the MC Protector/ND Filter
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Recording
Flip animation P89 Favorites P100
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Playback
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When you go out, bring charged spare batteries
Dispose of an unusable battery
Charger
Message Display
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Read Error Please Check the Card
Write Error Please Check the Card
Folder Cannot be Created
Troubleshooting
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AV OUT/DIGITAL
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Remote
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