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Contents
Before use
Before use .............................................. 5
Standard Accessories ........................... 7
Names of parts....................................... 8
Cursor button ................................................ 8
Preparations
Charging the battery ............................. 9
Guidelines for the number of recordable
pictures and operating time ......................... 10
Inserting and removing the card
(optional)/the battery ........................... 12
Using the AC adaptor (optional) and DC
coupler (optional) instead of the battery ...... 13
Picture save destination
(cards and built-in memory) ........................ 14
Remaining battery and memory capacity .... 15
Recording capacity guidelines (pictures/
recording time) ............................................ 15
Setting the clock .................................. 16
Setting the menu ................................. 17
Menu type ................................................... 18
Using the [Setup] menu ...................... 19
[Clock Set] ................................................... 19
[World T ime] ................................................ 19
[T ravel Date] ................................................ 19
[Beep] .......................................................... 19
[V olume] ...................................................... 19
[Cust.Set Mem.] .......................................... 20
[LCD Mode] ................................................. 20
[Guide Line] ................................................. 20
[Histogram] .................................................. 20
[Zoom Resume] ........................................... 21
[Economy] ................................................... 21
[Auto Review] .............................................. 21
[No.Reset] ................................................... 22
[Reset] ......................................................... 22
[USB Mode] ................................................. 22
[Output] ....................................................... 23
[Rotate Disp.] .............................................. 23
[V ersion Disp.] ............................................. 23
[Format] ....................................................... 23
[Language] .................................................. 24
[Demo Mode] ............................................... 24
Basics
Basic shooting operation ................... 25
T aking still pictures ...................................... 25
Recording motion pictures ......................... 25
Mode dial ..................................................... 26
T aking pictures with automatic
settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode ......... 27
About Happy colours ................................... 29
Face Detection and Face Recognition ........ 29
AF T racking ................................................. 29
T aking pictures with your own
settings [Program AE] Mode .............. 30
Aligning the focus ............................... 31
T aking pictures with zoom .................. 32
[i.ZOOM] ...................................................... 34
Easy Zoom:
For zooming rapidly to maximum ratio ........ 35
[Digital Zoom] .............................................. 36
Viewing your pictures
[Normal Play] ....................................... 37
Deleting pictures ................................. 38
T o delete multiple (up to 50) or
all pictures ................................................... 38
Application (Record)
Changing recording information
display .................................................. 39
T aking pictures with flash ................... 40
T aking close-up pictures .................... 42
T aking close-up pictures without standing
close to subject “T ele macro” function ......... 42
T aking pictures at even closer range
[Macro Zoom] .............................................. 43
Positioning camera and subject
within accessible range for focus
alignment .............................................. 44
Focus range ................................................ 44
T aking pictures with self-timer ........... 45
T aking pictures with Exposure
Compensation ...................................... 46
Recording while exposure is changed
automatically ([Auto Bracket]) ........... 47
Determine aperture and record
[Aperture-Priority] Mode ..................... 48
Determine shutter speed and record
[Shutter-Priority] Mode ....................... 49
Determine aperture and shutter speed
and record [Manual Exposure] Mode
... 50
Register your own settings and record
[Custom] Mode .................................... 51
[Cust.Set Mem.] Registering your own
settings ....................................................... 51
[Custom] Switch to your own settings and
record ......................................................... 52
T aking pictures according to
the scene [Scene Mode]...................... 53
[Portrait] ....................................................... 54
[Soft Skin] .................................................... 54
[T ransform] .................................................. 54
[Self Portrait] ............................................... 54
[Scenery] ..................................................... 54
[Panorama Assist] ....................................... 55
[Sports] ........................................................ 55
[Night Portrait] ............................................. 55
[Night Scenery] ............................................ 55
[Food] .......................................................... 55
[Party] .......................................................... 56
[Candle Light] .............................................. 56
[Baby] .......................................................... 56
[Pet] ............................................................. 56
[Sunset] ....................................................... 56
[High Sens.] ................................................. 56
[Hi-Speed Burst] .......................................... 57
[Flash Burst] ................................................ 57
[Starry Sky] .................................................. 57
[Fireworks] ................................................... 58
[Beach] ........................................................ 58
[Snow] ......................................................... 58
[Aerial Photo] ............................................... 58
[Pin Hole] ..................................................... 58
[Film Grain] .................................................. 58
[High Dynamic] ............................................ 59
[Photo Frame] ............................................. 59
[Underwater] ................................................ 59
Saving commonly used scenes
[My Scene Mode] ................................. 60
T aking motion pictures
[Motion Picture] Mode ......................... 61
[Rec Quality] ............................................... 62
Recording with the Face Recognition
function [Face Recog.] ........................ 63
Registering face pictures ............................ 64
Editing or deleting information about
registered persons ..................................... 66
Useful features for travel .................... 68
[T ravel Date] ............................................... 68
[World T ime] ............................................... 69
Using the [Rec] menu .......................... 70
[Aspect Ratio] .............................................. 70
[Picture Size] ............................................... 70
[Quality] ....................................................... 71
[Sensitivity] .................................................. 71
[White Balance] ........................................... 72
[AF Mode] .................................................... 74
[Quick AF] .................................................... 76
[Face Recog.] .............................................. 76
[Metering Mode] .......................................... 76
[i.Exposure] ................................................. 77
[Min. Shtr Speed] ........................................ 77
[i.Resolution] ............................................... 77
[Digital Zoom] .............................................. 78
[Burst] .......................................................... 78
[Color Mode] ................................................ 79
[AF Assist Lamp] ......................................... 80
[Red-Eye Removal] ..................................... 80
[Stabilizer] ................................................... 80
[Date Stamp] ............................................... 81
[Clock Set] ................................................... 81