+/- button Using the Custom White Balance White balance settings may vary slightly depending on the shooting environment. You can select the most appropriate white balance setting for a given shooting environment by setting up the custom white balance. 1. Select the CUSTOM ( ) menu of the White Balance. You can select CUSTOM 1 or CUSTOM 2 white balance. 2. Place a sheet of white paper in front of the camera so that the LCD monitor shows only white, and then press the SHUTTER button. 3.
AEL/ASM button The camera measures brightness of the object and automatically set the best exposure value. If difference between the exposure values of the object and background is too great, use the AEL button to manually set the exposure value against sunlight or in strong light. This button is available in the PROGRAM, Aperture priority(A), Shutter priority(S), MySET and MOVIE CLIP mode. Use the automatic exposure lock. 1. Ensure the subject in the centre of the autofocus frame. 2.
MF button Use this button to select the focusing method. Automatic focusing : Slightly press the shutter to let the camera measure distance to the object and select the best focusing. If successfully focused with the slight press of the shutter, the automatic focusing mark is turned green. Manual focusing : Where the automatic focusing is not available, for example, in very dark conditions, use the manual focus. Please be careful when using the manual focus as the picture can be blurred easily.
Using the LCD monitor to adjust the camera settings You can use the menu on the LCD monitor to set up recording functions. In any mode with the exception of VOICE RECORDING mode, pressing the MENU button displays the menu on the LCD monitor. INFORMATION The menu will not be displayed on the LCD monitor in the following circumstances: - When another button is being operated. - While image data is being processed. (when the green lamp next to the viewfinder blinks) - When there is no battery capacity.
Using the LCD monitor to adjust the camera settings Menu tab Main menu Sub menu Camera working mode Page TIFF Quality p.50 S.Fine Fine Normal Multi Metering p.51 Spot Single Shooting Continuous AEB p.52 AFB Soft Sharpness p.53 Normal Vivid Normal B&W Sepia Effect p.53 Red Green Blue Negative Highlight Off Range 1~4 p.54 Off Special Effect Composite 2~4 Part p.55 Horizontal OSD Information Off Photo Frame Frame 1~9 Full OSD Histogram p.
Using the LCD monitor to adjust the camera settings Menu tab Main menu Sub menu Camera working mode Page Myset1 Save Myset Myset2 p.57 Myset3 Myset1 Load Myset Myset2 p.57 Myset2 Scene Stabiliser Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach&Snow Off On * Menus are subject to change without prior notice. 46 p.58 p.
How to use the menu 1. Turn on the camera and press the MENU button. A menu for each camera mode appears. However, there is no menu for Voice Recording mode ( ). 2. Use the LEFT and RIGHT buttons to navigate through the menus. Press the LEFT or RIGHT button. 3072 Quality TIFF S.Fine Fine Normal Press the LEFT or RIGHT button. 3027 Metering NOR Shooting Single Continuous AEB AFB Multi Spot 3. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select a sub menu. Press the UP or DOWN button.
Quality You can select the compression ratio appropriate for your application of the captured images. The higher the compression ratio, the lower the picture quality. 3072 Quality TIFF S.Fine Fine Normal [ PROGRAM mode ] STILL IMAGE mode Mode MOVIE CLIP mode Icon TIFF Sub menu TIFF S. Fine Fine Normal 30FPS 15FPS File Format tif jpeg jpeg jpeg avi avi INFORMATION TIFF is the highest quality and Normal is the lowest setting. Choose the setting appropriate for your needs.
Metering If you cannot obtain suitable exposure conditions, you can change the metering method to take brighter pictures. Multi ( Spot ( ) ) : Exposure will be calculated based on an average of the available light in the image area. However, the calculation will be biased towards the centre of the image area. This is suitable for general use. 3072 Metering Multi Spot [ PROGRAM mode ] : Only the rectangular area in the centre of the LCD monitor will be metered for light.
Continuous shot You can select continuous shot, AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) and AFB (Auto Focus Bracketing). If you select CONTINUOUS, AEB or AFB, the flash will automatically be set to Flash Off. [Single]: Take one picture only NOR [Continuous]: Images will be taken continuously until the shutter button is released. The shooting capacity depends on the memory. Shooting Single Continuous AEB AFB [ PROGRAM mode ] [AEB]: You can select the exposure bracket range ( 0.
Sharpness You can adjust the sharpness of the picture you want to take. You cannot check the sharpness effect on the LCD monitor before you take a picture, because this function is applied only when the captured image is stored on the memory. NOR Sharpness Soft Normal Vivid [ PROGRAM mode ] Sub menu Icon Description The edges of the image are softened. This effect is suitable for editing images on your PC. Soft The edges of the image are sharp. This is suitable for printing.
Special Effect By using the camera s digital processor, it is possible to add special effects to your images. You can select this menu only in the PROGRAM, MySET, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and MANUAL modes. You can select this menu only in the 2592x1944, 2272x1704, 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 640x480 image size. If the [3072X2304] or [2816X2112] image size is selected and one of the special effect menu is selected, the image size is changed to the [2592X1944] automatically.
Special Effect : Composite shots You can combine 2~4 different shots in a still image. 1. Select the PROGRAM, MySET, Aperture priority, Shutter priority or MANUAL modes. Then press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [Special Effect] menu tab. NOR Special Effect 3. Select the [Composite] menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN HighLight Off button and press the Right button. Composite Off 4. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN Off Photo Frame button and press the OK button.
Special Effect : Photo Frame You can add 3 types of frame-like borders to a still image you want to capture. 1. Select the PROGRAM, MySET, Aperture priority, Shutter priority or MANUAL modes. Then press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [Special Effect] menu tab. 3. Select the [Photo Frame] menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN button and press the Right button. 4. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN button and press the OK button.
Save / Load a specific camera configuration (MySET) Use the MySET mode to save frequently used camera settings (Save Myset) and use it later (Load Myset) Saving the camera configuration : Available in the PROGRAM, A, S and M shooting mode. 1. Use the camera buttons and menu to set desired camera configuration. 2. Press the menu button in any mode except AUTO, VOICE RECORDING, MOVIE CLIP, SCENE and MySET NOR Save Myset mode. 3. Press the Left/Right buttons to select the [Save Myset] Myset 1 menu tap.
Scene Select the [Scene] submenu to automatically configure optimal settings, depending on the selected scene. Only available in the SCENE Mode. 3072 Scene Night Portrait Children Landscape [SCENE mode] Sub menu Icon Night Description Use this for shooting still images at night or in other dark conditions.
Movie Clip frame stabiliser This function helps stabilise images captured during movie recording. You can select this menu only in the MOVIE CLIP mode. How to use this function 1. Select the MOVIE CLIP mode by rotating the mode dial and press the menu button. Select the [Stabilizer] menu NOR Stabilizer and press the right button. 2. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the Up/Down Off button and press the OK button. On [Off] : Movie clip frame stabilizer function becomes disabled.
Starting play mode Turn the camera on and select Play mode by pressing the play mode button ( ). The camera can now play back the images stored in the memory. If you have turned on the camera by pressing the POWER button, you can press the PLAY MODE button once to switch to Play mode and press it again to switch to Recording mode. You can turn the power on with the play mode button. The camera is turned on in play mode. Press the play mode button again to turn off the camera.
Starting play mode Playing back a movie clip Steps from 1-2 are the same as those to play back a still image. 3. Select the recorded movie clip that you want to play back by using the LEFT/RIGHT button. If you select a movie clip, the movie clip indicator ( ) will be displayed on the LCD monitor. 4. Press the play & pause button ( ) to play back a movie clip file. - To pause a movie clip file while playing it back, press the play & pause button again.
Starting play mode On camera movie trimming : You can extract desired frames of movie clip during the movie clip play back. 1. Select a desired movie clip in the play mode. 9 2. Play back the movie clip by pressing the Play & Pause button. 3. Press the Pause button at the point of the movie clip Trim:T Capture:SH that you want to start extracting. PLAY 4. Press the T button. The start point doesn't display on FF REW the status bar, but the start point will be selected. 5.
Starting play mode Playing back a recorded voice Steps from 1-2 are the same as those to play back a still image. 3. Select the recorded voice that you want to play back by using the LEFT/RIGHT button. If you select a recorded voice file, the voice indicator ( ) will be displayed on the LCD monitor. PLAY 4. Press the play & pause button ( ) to play back a recorded voice file. - To pause a recorded voice file, while playing it back, press the play & pause button again.
LCD monitor indicator ■ The LCD monitor displays shooting information about the displayed image. ① ② ⑯ ⑮ ③ ⑭ ④ ⑬ ⑤ ⑫ ⑪ ⑩ ⑨ ⑧ ⑥ ⑦ No. Description 1 Battery 2 Play mode icon 3 Flash 4 Voice memo 5 Protect 6 DPOF icon 7 Histogram 8 Recording date 2005/08/01 9 Exposure Value EV 0.0 10 ISO AUTO 50 100 200 400 11 Shutter speed 15 ~ 1/2,000 12 Aperture Value F2.8 ~ F5.
Using the camera buttons to adjust the camera In Play mode, you can use the buttons on the camera to conveniently set up the Play mode functions. Thumbnail ( ) / Enlargement ( ) button You can view multiple pictures, enlarge a selected picture, and crop and save a selected area of an image. Thumbnail display 1. While an image is displayed full screen, press the thumbnail button. 2. The thumbnail display will highlight the image that had been showing at the time the thumbnail mode was selected. 3.
Thumbnail( ) / Enlargement( ) button The maximum enlargement rate in proportion to the image size. Image size 3264 3072 2816 2592 2272 2048 1600 1024 640 Maximum enlargement rate X12.75 X12.0 X11.0 ×10.13 ×8.8 ×8.0 ×6.25 ×4.0 ×2.5 Trimming : You can extract part of the image that you want and save it separately. Trimming? 1. Select an image that you want to enlarge and press the Trimming Cancel enlargement button. Confirm:OK 2.
Voice ( ) memo / Up button 3. Press the shutter button to start recording and voice will be recorded to the still image for 10 seconds. While the voice is recording, the recording status window will be displayed as shown alongside. 100-0011 STOP:SHUTTER 4. The recording can be stopped by pressing the shutter button again. 5. The ( ) icon will be displayed on the LCD monitor after voice memo recording has finished. - Voice memos can’t be recorded onto movie clip files.
LEFT/ RIGHT/ MENU/ OK button LEFT / RIGHT/ MENU/ OK buttons activate the following. - LEFT button : While the menu is showing, press the LEFT button to select the menu tab to the left of the cursor. - RIGHT button : While the menu is showing, press the RIGHT button to select the menu tab to the right of the cursor, or to move an secondary menu. - MENU button : When you press the MENU button, the play mode menu will be displayed on the LCD monitor.
Delete ( ) button This deletes images stored on the memory card. Deleting Images in Play Mode 1. Select an image that you want to delete by pressing the LEFT / RIGHT button and press the DELETE ( ) button. 2. A message will display as shown alongside on the LCD monitor. 3. Select the submenu values by pressing the UP/DOWN button and then press the OK button. If [Delete] is selected: deletes the selected images. If [Cancel] is selected: cancels "Delete Image".
Album button (MF button) You can organise the captured still images(except for the TIFF file type image) into albums by using the MF button. This camera has 8 albums and each album can take up to 100 images. The album menu loading time depends on the memory card type. How to use the album Selecting the album 1. In the play mode, press the MF button. All A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 Select Slide Add 2. Select the [Select] menu by pressing the Up/Down button and press the Right button. 3.
Album button (MF button) 3. Select the still images you wish to add by pressing the Up/Down/Left/Right buttons and press the Zoom T button. marks are displayed on the selected images. * To cancel the selection, press the Zoom T button again. A4 Select Slide Add Remove Select:T 4. Press the OK button and a confirmation window will display. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN button and press the OK button. [Add] : Inserts the selected images into the album.
Album button (MF button) Playing back the albums Playing back all of the albums 1. Select [All] menu and press the OK button. All of the albums will be selected. 2. Select the [Slide] menu by pressing the Up/Down button and press the Right button. You can select [Start], [Interval], [Repeat] and [Effect] menus. - [Start] : Start the slide show - [Interval] : Set the slide show play interval - [Repeat] : Choose to repeat the slide show after finishing the first cycle.
Setting up the play back function using the LCD monitor PLAY mode functions can be changed by using the LCD monitor. In the PLAY mode, pressing the MENU button displays the menu on the LCD monitor. The menus you can set up in Play mode are as follows. To capture an image after setting up the play menu, press the PLAY mode button or shutter button.
Setting up the play back function using the LCD monitor Menu tab Main menu DPOF Copy To Card Sub menu Secondary menu Standard Select/ All/ Cancel Index No/ Yes Size Select/ All/ Cancel No - Yes - Page p.84 p.87 Full OSD OSD Information Image Information None Save Mode This menu is available while the camera is connected to a PictBridge supporting printer (direct connection to the camera, sold separately) with a USB cable.
Setting up the play back function using the LCD monitor Menu tab Main menu Sub menu Secondary menu Page Auto Full 1 2 Layout 4 p.90 8 9 16 Index Auto Custom Set Paper Type Normal Photo Fastphoto Auto Quality Draft Plain Fine p.90 Auto Date Off On Auto File name Off On Print DPOF Print Reset Standard - Index - No - Yes - No - Yes - p.91 p.91 p.92 Menus are subject to change without prior notice.
Starting the slide show Images can be displayed continuously at pre-set intervals. You can view the slide show by connecting the camera to an external monitor. 1. Press the play mode button and press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [Slide] menu tab. Slide Start Interval Repeat 1 sec OFF Start the slide show: The slide show can start only in the Exit: MENU Move : [Start] menu. 1. Use the Up/Down buttons to select the [Start] menu. 2.
Starting the slide show Configure slide show effects: Unique screen effects can be used for the slide show. 1. Select the [Effect] sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN button and press the RIGHT button. 2. Use the Up/Down Button to select the type of effect. Interval [Cancel] : Normal display. Repeat [Effect 1] : Image is displayed slowly. Effect [Effect 2] : Image is displayed slowly from the centre Back: outwards. [Effect 3] : Image moves from the top left.
Protecting images - If you protect an image, the protect icon will be displayed on the LCD monitor. (An unprotected image has no indicator) - An image in LOCK mode will be protected from the delete function or [Delete] functions, but will NOT be protected from the [Format] function. Deleting images Of all the files stored in the memory card, the unprotected files in the DCIM subfolder will be deleted. Remember that this will permanently delete unprotected images.
Resize Change the resolution (size) of pictures taken. Select the [User Image] to save an image to be the start-up image. The resized image will have a new file name. 1. Press the play mode button and press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [Resize] menu tab. Resize 2816X2112 3. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN 2592X1944 button and press the OK button.
Rotating an image You can rotate the stored images by various degrees. Once the playback of the rotated picture is finished, it will switch back to the original state. 1. Press the play mode button and press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [Rotate] Rotate menu tab. Right 90˚ 3. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN Left 90˚ button. 180˚ 4. Press the OK button and the rotated image will be Exit: MENU Move : displayed.
DPOF DPOF(Digital Print Order Format) allows you to embed printing information on your memory card’s MISC folder. Select the pictures to be printed and how many prints to make. The DPOF indicator will display on the LCD monitor when an image that has DPOF information plays back. Images can then be printed on DPOF printers, or at an increasing number of photo labs. This function is not available for Movie clips and Voice recording files.
DPOF : INDEX Images (except for movie clips and voice file) are printed as index type. 1. Press the play mode button and press the menu button. 2. Press the LEFT/ RIGHT button and select the [DPOF] DPOF menu tab. Standard 3. Select the [Index] menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN Index No button and press the RIGHT button. Size Yes 4. Select a desired sub menu by pressing the UP/ DOWN Back: Set : OK button. If [No] is selected : Cancel the index print setting.