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Contents

Before Use

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

Preparation

Attaching the Lens Cap/
Shoulder Strap........................................ 12
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................14
Charging the Battery...............................15
• Charging...........................................15
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures.......... 17
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery...................... .........19
About the Built-in Memory/the Card........20
• Approximate number of recordable
pictures and available recording
time...................................................22
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................23
• Changing the clock setting................24

Basic

Selecting the Recording Mode ................ 25
Tips for taking good pictures...................27
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 27
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode) ..................28
• Program Shift....................................29
Focusing..................................................30
Taking Pictures Using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)............. 32
Recording Motion Pictures......................35
• Recording still pictures while
recording motion pictures.................38
Playing Back Pictures
([NORMAL PLAY])..................................39
• Selecting a picture.............................40
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)................................40
• Using the Playback Zoom.................41
Playing Back Motion Pictures..................42
• Creating Still Pictures from a
Motion Picture...................................43
Deleting Pictures.....................................44
• To delete a single picture..................44
• To delete multiple pictures
(up to 100) or all the pictures............45
Setting the Menu.....................................46
• Setting menu items ...........................48
• Using the Quick Menu.......................49
About the Setup Menu.............................50

Recording

About the LCD Monitor/Viewfinder..........62
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................64
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/
Using the Digital Zoom......................64
Taking Pictures using the Flash ..............67
• Switching to the appropriate
flash setting.................................. .....67
• Adjust the flash output.......................71
Taking Close-up Pictures........................72
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........73
Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer.........75
Compensating the Exposure...................76
Taking Pictures Using Auto Bracket........77
Taking Pictures Using Burst Mode..........78
Setting the Light Sensitivity.....................80
Taking Pictures by Specifying
the Aperture/Shutter Speed.....................82
• Aperture-Priority AE..........................82
• Shutter-Priority AE............................82
• Manual Exposure Mode ....................83
Taking Pictures with different image
effects (Creative Control Mode) ..............84