CONTENTS

 

HOW TO READ THIS MANUAL ............................................................

v

CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES ......................................

3

How to use the accessories ............................................................

5

ABOUT THE CARD ...............................................................................

7

Media cards that can be used with this camera ..............................

7

What “card” means in this manual ..................................................

7

„ SETUP

 

PARTS NAMES .....................................................................................

8

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 \ ..........................................

18

TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF .............................................

19

Turning on the camera ..................................................................

19

Turning off the camera ..................................................................

19

Turning on the camera when the power save (sleep) mode

 

is active .........................................................................................

20

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 ................

26

Accessing/exiting the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Menu Screen .....

27

„ SHOOTING

 

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) ....................................................

38

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