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Contents

Before Use

Care of the camera......................................................................................................7
Standard Accessories.................................................................................................8
Names and Functions of Components...................................................... ................9
About the Lens..................................................................................... .....................16

Preparation

Changing the Lens....................................................................................................17
Attaching the Shoulder Strap................................................................................... 20
Charging the Battery.................................................................................................21
• Charging.................................................. .................................. .........................21
• Approximate operating time and number of recordable pictures ........................ 23
Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/
the Battery..................................................................................................................26
About the Card ............................................................ .................................. ............27
• About cards that can be used with this unit....................................... .................27
• Approximate number of recordable pictures and available recording time......... 28
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)..................................................................................29
• Changing the Clock Setting................................................................................ 30

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode............................. ....................................................31
Tips for taking good pictures...................................................................................33
• Detects orientation of camera (Direction Detection Function)............................ 33
Using the Viewfinder................................................................................................. 34
• Switching the LCD monitor/Viewfinder...............................................................34
• About the Eye Sensor AF...................................................................................35
• Setting the focus position with the Tou c h Pad......................... ...........................35
Taking a Still picture..................................................................................................36
• How to set focus when taking a still picture (AFS/AFF/AFC)..............................36
• Taking a still picture...................................... ................................. .....................38
• Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function...............................................39
• Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen............................ 40
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
(Intelligent Auto Mode).............................................................................................42
• Recording with Camera-Recommended Effects................................................. 45
• Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode....................................................... 46
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function ................................... .................48
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings (Program AE Mode)........................50
Recording Motion Picture...................... .................................. .................................52
• How to set focus when recording a motion picture (Continuous AF).................. 52
• Recording motion picture............................................................. .......................53
• Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures......................... ............55
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures................................................................... 56