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