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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera...................................5
Standard Accessories........... .................... 6
Names and Functions of Components......7
About the Lens........................................14

Preparation

Attaching/Detaching the Lens................. 15
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ..................18
Charging the Battery...............................19
• Charging...........................................19
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures.......... 21
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...................... .........24
About the Card........................................25
• About cards that can be used with
this unit.............................................25
• Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available recording
time...................................................27
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................28

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode ................ 30
Tips for taking good pictures...................32
Taking a Still picture................................33
• How to set focus when taking
a still picture (AFS/AFC)................... 33
• Taking a Still picture..........................35
• Taking pictures using the Touch
Shutter function.................................36
• Switching the Information Displayed
on the recording screen....................37
Taking Pictures using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)............. 38
• Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus
Mode.................................................41
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control
Function...................................................42
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................43
Recording Motion Pictures......................45
• How to set focus when recording
a motion picture (Continuous AF).....45
• Recording Motion Pictures................46
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures....48
• Playing Back Pictures.......................48
• Changing the information displayed
on the playback screen.....................51
• Playing Back Motion Pictures .. .. .. .. ....52
Deleting Pictures.....................................54
Setting the Menu.....................................56
• Setting menu items ...........................56
Setting the Quick Menu ...........................59
About the Setup Menu.............................61

Recording

Optical Image Stabilizer ..........................69
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................71
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash...... 72
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting...............................................72
Compensating the Exposure...................76
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........77
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........79
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........81
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus .............83
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........89
Adjusting the White Balance...................92
Setting the Light Sensitivity.....................97
Using the function button.........................99
• Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock)...................................100
• Confirm the Effects of Aperture and
Shutter Speed (Preview Mode).......101
Taking Pictures by Specifying
the Aperture/Shutter Speed...................102
• Aperture-priority AE.... .. ...................102
• Shutter-priority AE ...........................102
• Manual Exposure Mode ..................103