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 Function)

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

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