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VQT1B25
Contents

Before Use

Information for Your Safety.......................2

Preparation

Standard Accessories............................... 8
Names of the Components....................... 9
Attaching the Lens Cap/Strap................. 11
Attaching the Lens Hood ...... .................. 12
Quick Guide............................................14
Charging the Battery with the Charger ...15
About the Battery (charging/
number of recordable pictures) ...........16
Inserting and Removing the Battery/
the Card (optional) ..............................17
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
(optional)............................................. 18
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ............. ...19
• Changing the clock setting ...............19
About the Mode Dial............................... 20
Setting the Menu.....................................21
About the Setup Menu............................22
LCD Monitor Display/Switching
the LCD Monitor Display.....................26

Basic

Taking Pictures.......................................27
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode.............30
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ...............32
• Using the Optical Zoom .................... 32
• Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ) ..................................................33
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom .............34
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review)..............................................35
Playing back/Deleting Pictures...............36

Advanced (Recording pictures)

About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder .........38
•
Changing the information displayed
....38
• Brightening the LCD Monitor
(Power LCD/High angle mode) ........41
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
.....43
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer. ........47
Compensating the Exposure ..................48
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........ 49
Optical Image Stabilizer..........................50
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode.......... 51
Changing the sensitivity according to
the movement of the subject being
recorded..............................................52
Taking Close-up Pictures........................54
Aperture-priority AE................................56
Shutter-priority AE..................................56
Manual exposure ....................................57
Aperture Value and Shutter Speed......... 58
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus........ 59
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode).............62
– [PORTRAIT]..................................63
– [SOFT SKIN] ....................... ..........63
– [SCENERY]...................................63
– [SPORTS]......................................63
– [PANNING] .................................... 64
– [NIGHT PORTRAIT]......................64
– [NIGHT SCENERY].......................65
– [FOOD] .........................................65
– [PARTY]........................................65
– [CANDLE LIGHT]..........................65
– [BABY1]/[BABY2]..........................66
– [PET].............................................67
– [SUNSET]......................................67
– [HIGH SENS.]................................67
– [STARRY SKY]..............................67
– [FIREWORKS]...............................68
– [BEACH]........................................69
– [SNOW].........................................69
– [AERIAL PHOTO]..........................69
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 70
Recording which day of
the vacation you take the picture ........72
Displaying the time at
the travel destination (World Time) .....74
Using the [REC] Mode Menu.................. 76
• [W.BALANCE]
Adjusting the hue for
a more natural picture......................77
• [WB ADJUST.]
Finely adjusting the white balance ...78
• [SENSITIVITY]
Setting the light sensitivity................79
• [ASPECT RATIO]
Setting the aspect ratio of pictures
....80
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