Main
Contents
Preparations
Basics
Application (Record)
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Using the [Rec] menu ........................142
Using the [Motion Picture] menu .....157
Application (View)
Retouching pictures ..........................167
Using the [Playback] menu...............170
Connecting with other devices
Others
Before use
Camera handling
Condensation (When the lens, the LCD monitor, or viewfinder, is fogged up)
Standard Accessories
Names and Functions of Main Parts
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Switching the LCD monitor/Viewfinder ([LVF])
Press [LVF] button
Diopter adjustment
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Attaching the Lens Cap/Shoulder Strap
Charging battery
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Position the battery contacts to meet the charger, then insert the battery into the charger
Plug the charger into the AC power
Plug-in type
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Recording still pictures (When using LCD monitor)
Recording motion pictures (When using LCD monitor)
Viewing pictures (When using LCD monitor)
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/ the Battery
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About the Built-in Memory/the Card
Built-in memory (approx. 200 MB)
Compatible memory cards (optional)
About the display of the number of recordable pictures and available
recording time
Recording picture capacity (still pictures)
Recording time capacity (motion pictures)
Setting the clock
Set the date and time
Select [Clock Set] from the [Setup] menu or [Rec] menu
Tips for taking good pictures
Direction Detection Function ([Rotate Disp.])
Sequence of operations
Turn the camera on
Set to the desired recording mode
Basic
Advanced
Taking still pictures
Recording motion pictures
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Taking pictures with your own settings
Set to [ ] Take a picture
Adjusting the focus and checking the exposure
Press the shutter button halfway
Taking pictures with your own settings [Program AE] Mode
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Example of Program Shift
changes with the aperture value or the shutter speed.
Program Shift amount Program Shift diagram Program Shift limit *
How to adjust focus
First adjust focus according to subject
Return to desired composition
Subjects and environments that make focusing difficult
Taking pictures with automatic settings
Set to [ ] Take a picture
About Backlight Compensation
Rotate the rear dial to adjust the background defocusing condition
Press the rear dial to finalize the setting
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Press [FOCUS] to set [AF Tracking]
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject Press [AF/AE LOCK (Fn1)] button to lock
Switching to [Intelligent Auto Plus] Mode
Press to select [ ] and press [MENU/SET]
Adjusting brightness, coloring, and background defocusing
Press to select an item to adjust
Press to make adjustments
Recording motion pictures
Press the motion picture button to start recording
Press the motion picture button again to end recording
About the recording format for recording motion pictures
Press the shutter button fully during the motion picture recording
Viewing your pictures
Press the Playback button Press to select a picture to be displayed
View pictures
Ending Playback
Switching the displayed picture without changing the zoom ratio and
position of Playback zoom
Enlarging the focus point
Move the zoom lever toward W side
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Viewing motion pictures
Select a picture with the motion picture icon, and press
Operations during motion picture playback
Deleting pictures
Press [ ( Q.MENU)] button to delete displayed picture
Setting the menu
Menu type
To return to the previous screen
Switching to other menus
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Using the [Setup] menu
Settings
Settings: [0] / [1] / [2] / [3] / [4] / [5] / [6]
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Settings
Settings: / / / [OFF]
Setting the position of the guidelines
Settings: [10MIN.] / [5MIN.] / [2MIN.] / [1 MIN.] / [OFF]
Settings: [30 SEC.] / [15 SEC.] / [OFF]
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Settings: /
Settings
Settings: [3D] / [2D]
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Switching the display of recording information, etc.
Press [DISP.] button to change display
Using Zoom
Use the zoom lever to adjust the range of the picture to be taken
Extended optical zoom
[i.ZOOM]
[Digital Zoom]
Example of various zoom function combinations
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Taking pictures with the built-in flash
Select [Flash] in the [Rec] menu
Press to select a type and press [MENU/SET]
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Available types in each mode (: Available, : Not available, : Default setting)
The available flash range when [Sensitivity] setting is [AUTO]
Shutter speeds for each flash mode
Taking pictures with Exposure Compensation
Press the rear dial to set Exposure Compensation to a selected state
Rotate the rear dial to compensate the exposure
Burst function
Settings
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Taking pictures with self-timer
Press [ ] ( ) Press to select the item and then press [MENU/SET]
Press the shutter button halfway to focus and then press it fully to take the picture
When taking motion pictures
Setting the Light Sensitivity
Press [ISO] ( ) Press to select [Sensitivity] and press [MENU/SET]
About [ ] (Intelligent ISO sensitivity control)
Setting coloring
Press [WB] ( ) Press to select the white balance and press [MENU/SET]
Settings: [AWB] ([Auto White Balance]) / ([Daylight]) / ([Cloudy]) /
[AWB] operational range:
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Switching [AF Mode]
Bring the subject to the AF tracking frame, and press [AF/AE LOCK (Fn1)] to lock the subject
Changing the position and size of the AF area
To change the AF area
Press [MENU/SET]
Taking close-up pictures
Shortest recording distance
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Taking pictures with Manual Focus
MF assist
Prefocus
One shot AF
Taking pictures by locking the focus and/or exposure
AF/AE Lock switching
Using the function button
Functions that can be registered
Taking pictures by setting the aperture value
Rotate the rear dial to set the aperture value
Taking pictures by setting the shutter speed
Rotate the rear dial to set the shutter speed
Taking pictures by setting the aperture value and shutter speed
Rotate the rear dial to set the aperture and shutter speed
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Taking pictures with different picture effects
Press to select an effect, and then press [MENU/SET]
Adjusting the brightness, background defocusing condition, setting
conditions of a selected effect, etc.
Press to select an item to adjust
Press to make adjustments
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Defocusing a picture
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Items that can be set (113)
Selecting color
Recording panorama pictures
Press the shutter button fully again to end recording
Adjusting the brightness, background defocusing condition, setting
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Taking pictures according to the scene
Press to select the Scene Mode and then press
Press to select shutter speed setting, and then press
Settings
Technique for Panning Mode
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Tips
What is HDR?
Tips
To record age and name
Press to select the aspect ratio and the picture size and
Settings: 3 M / 2.5 M / 2 M / 2.5 M
Start the recording and then pan the camera horizontally straight from left to right
Tips for recording pictures
Recording motion pictures with manual operation
Press to select the setting and press [MENU/SET]
Rotate the rear dial to set the aperture and shutter speed
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Register your own settings and record
Set mode dial to [ ] Press to select custom set and press [MENU/SET]
When changing the menu settings
Recording with the Face Recognition function
How the Face Recognition function works
During recording
During playback
Record the face picture
Press to select the item for editing and press
Recording tips when registering face pictures
If the camera seems to have difficulty recognizing faces when recording
Entering Text
Useful features for travel
Press to select the return date and press [MENU/SET]
To record [Location]
Using the [Rec] menu
Adjusting the picture quality and registering a custom setting
Settings: / / /
Settings
About RAW file
Settings: [AUTO] / [200] / [400] / [800] / [1600] / [3200]
Settings
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Settings
Settings: [HIGH] / [STANDARD] / [LOW] / [OFF]
Settings: [AUTO] [1/250] [1/125] [1/60] [1/30] [1/15] [1/8] [1/4] [1/2] [1]
Settings: [ON] / [OFF]
Settings: [i.ZOOM] / [ON] / [OFF]
Active Mode
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Press to set the compensation range of the exposure and then press [MENU/SET]
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Using the [Motion Picture] menu
About motion picture icon
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Changing the picture information display, etc.
Press [DISP.] button to change display
Different playback methods
Press [MENU/SET] in playback mode Press
Press to select the Playback Mode and press [MENU/SET]
Press to select the playback method and press
Press to select [Start] and press [MENU/SET]
Changing the slide show settings
Press to select the playback method and press
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Retouching pictures
Press to select [ON] and press [MENU/SET]
Operation from the [Playback] menu
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Operation from the [Playback] menu
Using the [Playback] menu
Press to select [Single] or [Multi] and then press
Select a still picture
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Press to select the motion picture to divide, and then
Press at where you want to split a motion picture to pause it
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[Single]
[Multi]
Press to select the picture, and then press [MENU/SET] Select area to crop and press [MENU/SET]
Press to select [Single] or [Multi] and then press
Press to select picture and press [MENU/SET]
To clear all
Press to select [Single] or [Multi] and then press
To clear all
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Viewing on TV screen
To connect with an HDMI mini cable
To connect with an AV cable (optional)
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Other related operations
To perform Slide Show playback of only still pictures recorded in 3D
To select and play back only still pictures recorded in 3D
To switch the playback method for the still pictures recorded in 3D
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Keeping the still pictures and motion pictures on your PC
Computer specifications
PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.2 AE
LoiLoScope 30 day full trial version (Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP)
Insert the CD-ROM with the supplied software
Click [Applications] Click [Recommended Installation]
Download procedure
Connect camera to computer
Press on the camera to select [PC], and press
Use PHOTOfunSTUDIO to copy pictures to your computer
To cancel connection
Copying to your computer without using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
(except AVCHD motion pictures)
For PTP mode
Keeping the still pictures and motion pictures in the recorder
Connect camera to recorder
Start playback on camera Start recording on recorder
Printing
Connect camera to printer
Press on the camera to select [PictBridge(PTP)], and
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[Paper Size]
[Page Layout] (Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit)
number of prints for the still picture to 2 or 4.
Printing date without [Text Stamp]
Optional accessories
Attach the lens adaptor
Attach the tele conversion lens
Select [Conversion] on the [Rec] menu
Press to select [ ], and press [MENU/SET] to set
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Attach the dedicated flash to the hot shoe and then turn on the camera and the dedicated flash
When using other commercially available external flashes without
communication functions with the camera
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List of LCD monitor/Viewfinder displays
Screens shown here are only examples. The actual display may vary. In recording
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Screens shown here are only examples. The actual display may vary. In playback
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Message displays
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Q&A
Battery, power
This unit is turned off automatically.
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TV, computer, printer (continued)
VIERA Link (HDMI) is not working.
Cannot communicate with the computer.
Computer does not recognize card (only reads built-in memory).
Computer does not recognize card. (When using an SDXC Memory Cards)
Cannot print panorama pictures properly.
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Usage cautions and notes
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About 3D viewing
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