CONTENTS
HOW TO READ THIS MANUAL ............................................................
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CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES ......................................
3
How to use the accessories ............................................................
5
ABOUT THE CARD ...............................................................................
7
Media cards that can be used with this camera ..............................
What “card” means in this manual ..................................................
PARTS NAMES .....................................................................................
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CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK .....................................................
10
Charging the battery pack .............................................................
11
INSTALLING THE CARD .....................................................................
13
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK ....................................................
15
Installing the DC adaptor (sold separately: VAR-A3U/A3EX) .......
16
About the temperature alert icon \ ..........................................
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TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF .............................................
19
Turning on the camera ..................................................................
Turning off the camera ..................................................................
Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) mode
is active .........................................................................................
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DATE AND TIME SETTING .................................................................
22
SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLAYBACK
MODE ..............................................................................................
25
SWITCHING THE OPERATING MODE ..............................................
26
Switching between the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes ................
Accessing/exiting the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Menu Screen .....
27
VIDEO CLIP RECORDING ..................................................................
31
SHOOTING SINGLE SHOTS ..............................................................
32
Using the LED light .......................................................................
34
SHOOT A STILL IMAGE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP ..........
36
MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY (ZOOM) ....................................................
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