Shutter button

Used for taking an image or recording voice in the Recording mode.

In Movie clip mode

Pressing the Shutter button down fully

starts the process for recording a movie clip. Press the Shutter button once

and the movie clip is recorded for as long as the available recording time in

the memory allows. If you wish to stop recording, press the Shutter button

again.

In Still image mode

Pressing the Shutter button down halfway activates the autofocus and checks the condition of the flash.

Pressing the Shutter button down fully takes and stores the image. If you select voice memo recording, the recording will start after the camera has finished storing the image data.

Zoom W/T Lever

When the menu window is not displayed, this lever is used to control the optical or digital zoom. This camera has a 10X

optical zoom and a 5X digital zoom function. Using both will offer a total zoom

ratio of 50X.

TELE Zoom

Optical zoom TELE: Move the Zoom W/T lever to the right to see the subject closer.

Digital zoom TELE: Move the Zoom W/T lever to the right once again in optical 10x zoom mode to enable digital zoom (software tele). Stop moving the Zoom W/T lever

to stop the operation of digital zoom (tele). In digital 5x zoom mode, digital zoom is disabled even if you operate the Zoom W/T lever.

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EC-WB550ABP/E2, EC-WB550BBP/E3, EC-WB550ABP/ME, EC-WB550ABP/SA, EC-WB550ABP/E1 specifications

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