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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera...................................5
Standard Accessories........... .................... 6
Names and Functions of Components......7

Preparation

Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap........................................ 11
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................13
Charging the Battery...............................14
• Charging...........................................14
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures.......... 16
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...................... .........18
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........19
• Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available
recording time...................................21
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................22
• Changing the clock setting................23

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode ................ 24
Tips for taking good pictures...................26
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 26
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................27
• Program Shift....................................28
Focusing..................................................29
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)............. 31
Recording Motion Pictures......................34
• Recording still pictures while
recording motion pictures..................36
Playing Back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])..................................37
• Selecting a picture.............................38
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)................................38
• Using the Playback Zoom.................39
Playing Back Motion Pictures..................40
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion
Picture...............................................41
Deleting Pictures.....................................42
• To delete a single picture..................42
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures........ .. .....................43
Setting the Menu.....................................44
• Setting menu items ...........................46
• Using the Quick Menu.......................47
About the Setup Menu.............................48

Recording

About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder..........60
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................62
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom......................62
Taking Pictures using the Flash ..............65
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.................................. .....65
• Adjust the flash output.......................69
Taking Close-up Pictures
([AF MACRO]/[MACRO ZOOM]).............70
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........71
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........73
Compensating the Exposure...................74
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........75
Setting the Light Sensitivity.....................76