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Basic Operation

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Basic Operation (Shooting).........................................................

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Holding the Camera............................................................................

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Taking Pictures ...................................................................................

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Basic Operation (Playback) ........................................................

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Playing Back Images ..........................................................................

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Selecting Previous or Next Images.....................................................

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Shooting Functions

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Selecting the Drive Mode ............................................................

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Single-frame shooting.........................................................................

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Consecutive Shooting.........................................................................

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Self-Timer shooting.............................................................................

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Remote Control Shooting ...................................................................

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Setting the Recorded Pixels and Quality Level.........................

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Setting the Recorded Pixels ...............................................................

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Setting the Quality Level.....................................................................

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Setting the Sensitivity .................................................................

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Setting the White Balance...........................................................

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Selecting the Metering Method...................................................

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Using the Multi(16)-Segment Metering ...............................................

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Using the Center-Weighted Metering .................................................

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Using the Spot Metering .....................................................................

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Capture Modes .............................................................................

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Using the Green Program AE mode ...................................................

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Using the P (Hyper Program) mode ...................................................

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Using the Tv (Shutter-priority) mode...................................................

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Using the Av (Aperture-priority) mode ................................................

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Using the M (Hyper manual exposure) mode .....................................

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Using the B (Bulb) mode.....................................................................

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About the AE-L (AE Lock)...................................................................

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Focusing .......................................................................................

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Using the AF.S Autofocus (Single mode) ...........................................

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Using the AF.C Autofocus (Continuous mode)...................................

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Manual Focus .....................................................................................

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Selecting the focus points...................................................................

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Focus lock...........................................................................................

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Autofocus illuminator ..........................................................................

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Hard-to-Autofocus Subjects................................................................

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AF Button............................................................................................

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