Shooting images (Auto Adjustment mode)When shooting movies:

Press the shutter button fully down.

To stop recording, press the shutter button fully down again.

If you shoot a still image of a subject that is difficult to focus on

•The shortest shooting distance is approximately 1 cm (13/32 inches) (W)/120 cm (3 feet 11 1/4 inches)

(T) (from the front of the lens).

•When the camera cannot focus on the subject automatically, the AE/AF lock indicator changes to flash slowly and the beep does not sound. In addition, the AF range finder frame disappears. Recompose the shot and focus again.

Focusing may be difficult in the following situations:

–It is dark and the subject is distant.

–The contrast between the subject and the background is poor.

–The subject is seen through glass.

–The subject is moving quickly.

–There is reflective light or shiny surfaces.

–The subject is backlit or there is a flashing light.

Shooting in Easy Shooting mode

Set the mode dial to .

The text size increases and indicators become easier to see.

The camera shoots images with the optimum settings, so the only settings that you can change are Image Size (Large/Small) (page 64), Flash (Auto/Off) (page 64) and Self-Timer (10 sec/ Off) (page 31).

•The battery power decreases faster because the brightness of the LCD backlight automatically increases.

•You cannot shoot images using the finder.

W/T Using the zoom

Press T to zoom, press W to undo the zoom.

Pressing the button slightly zooms slowly and pressing the button fully down zooms fast.

•When the zoom scale exceeds 15×, the camera uses the Digital Zoom function. For details on the [Digital Zoom] settings and the image quality, see page 99.

•Even if you press the button fully down, the camera zooms slowly while shooting a movie.

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