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Contents
Chapter 1

My Camera

Getting started ............................................................................................ 29
Unpacking.................................................................................................................... 29
Camera layout .............................................................................................. 30
Using the DIRECT LINK button ................................................................................ 32
Inserting the battery and memory card ................................................. 33
Removing the battery and memory card ........................................................... 33
Using the memory card adapter .............................................................................33
Charging the battery and turning on your camera .............................. 34
Charging the battery................................................................................................ 34
Turning on your camera ......................................................................................... 34
Performing the initial setup ...................................................................... 35
Selecting functions (options) ................................................................... 36
Selecting with buttons ............................................................................................ 36
Selecting by touch .................................................................................................... 36
Using m .............................................................................................................. 37
E.g. Selecting the photo size in P mode ............................................................. 37
Using the Smart panel ............................................................................................. 38
E.g. Adjust the exposure value in P mode ......................................................... 38
Tips

Concepts in Photography

Shooting postures....................................................................................... 13
Holding the camera .....................................................................................................13
Standing photography ...............................................................................................13
Crouching photography ............................................................................................14
Using the display ..........................................................................................................14
Low-angle shot ..............................................................................................................15
High-angle shot .............................................................................................................15
Aperture ........................................................................................................ 16
Aperture value and the depth of eld ..................................................................17
Shutter speed ............................................................................................... 18
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................................. 19
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure ......................................................................................... 20
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ................ 21
Depth of eld ............................................................................................... 22
What controls out-of-focus eects? .......................................................................22
Optical preview .............................................................................................................24
Composition ................................................................................................. 24
Rule of Thirds ..................................................................................................................24
Photos with two subjects ..........................................................................................25
Flash ............................................................................................................... 26
Flash guide number .....................................................................................................26
Bounce Photography ..................................................................................................27