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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera......................................................................................................7
Standard Accessories.................................................................................................8
Names and Functions of Main Parts..........................................................................9

Preparation

Charging the Battery..................................................................................................11
• Inserting the Battery............................................................................................12
• Charging.............................................................................................................14
• Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures........................ 17
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)..........................................................19
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........................................................................20
• Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time......... 22
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)..................................................................................24
• Changing the Clock Setting................................................................................ 25
Tips for taking good pictures...................................................................................26
• Fit the strap and hold the camera carefully.........................................................26
• Preventing jitter (camera shake).........................................................................26

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode.................................................................................27
Taking pictures using the automatic function
(Intelligent Auto Mode).............................................................................................28
• Changing the settings.........................................................................................30
Taking pictures with your favourite settings
(Normal Picture Mode)..............................................................................................32
Focusing....................................................................................................................33
Recording Motion Pictures.......................................................................................35
• Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures.....................................37
Playing Back..............................................................................................................38
• Displaying Multiple Screens (Multi Playback)..................................................... 40
• Using the Playback Zoom...................................................................................40
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture......................................................41
Deleting Pictures.......................................................................................................42
• To delete a single picture....................................................................................42
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or all the pictures.....................................43
Setting the Menu.......................................................................................................44
• Setting menu items.............................................................................................44
• Using the Quick Menu........................................................................................45
About the Setup Menu..............................................................................................46