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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera...................................5
Standard Accessories........... .................... 6
Names and Functions of Main Parts .........7
About the Lens........................................13

Preparation

Changing the Lens..................................14
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ..................17
Charging the Battery...............................18
• Charging...........................................18
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures.......... 20
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional) /
the Battery...............................................23
About the Card........................................24
• About cards that can be used with
this unit.............................................24
•
Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available recording time
.....26
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................27

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode ................ 29
Tips for taking good pictures...................31
• Detects orientation of camera
(Direction Detection Functio n ) .......... 31
Taking a Still picture................................32
• How to set focus when taking a still
picture (AFS/AFF/AFC).....................32
• 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)............................39
• Recording using Intelligent Auto
Plus Mode.........................................42
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control
Function...................................................44
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................45
Recording Motion Pictures......................47
• How to set focus when recording a
motion picture (Continuous AF)........ 47
• Recording Motion Pictures................48
• Recording still pictures while
recording motion pictures..................50
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
.......51
• Playing Back Pictures.......................51
• Changing the information displayed
on the playback screen.....................55
• Playing Back Motion Pictures .. .. .. .. ....56
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion
Picture...............................................58
Deleting Pictures.....................................59
Setting the Menu.....................................61
• Setting menu items ...........................62
Setting the Quick Menu ...........................64
About the Setup Menu.............................66

Recording

Optical Image Stabilizer ..........................74
Using the zoom.......................................76
• Zooming using touch operations.......77
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
.....78
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting...............................................79
Compensating the Exposure...................83
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........84
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........86
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........89
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus .............91
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........97
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock).........................................101
Adjusting the White Balance.................103
Setting the Light Sensitivity...................108