Manual
Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ....................... 2
Preparation
Standard Accessories ............................... 8
Names of the Components ....................... 8
Quick Guide ............................................ 10
About the Batteries ................................. 11
Inserting and Removing the Batteries/the
Card (Optional) .................................... 15
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
(optional) ............................................. 16
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 17
• Changing the clock setting ............... 17
About the Mode Dial ............................... 18
Setting the Menu ..................................... 19
About the Setup Menu ............................ 20
LCD Monitor Display/Switching the LCD
Monitor Display ................................... 23
Basic
Taking Pictures ....................................... 24
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode ............. 27
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 29
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ) ............ 29
• Using the Easy zoom ........................ 30
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom ................
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) .............................................. 32
Playing BacWDeleting Pictures ............... 33
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 35
• Changing the information
displayed .......................................... 35
• Recording a picture with the camera
held high above your head
(High angle mode) ............................ 37
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash ................................. 38
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 42
Compensating the Exposure .................. 43
Changing the sensitivity according to the
movement of the subject being
recorded .............................................. 44
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................ 45
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded (Scene mode) ............. 46
- [PORTRAIT] .................................. 47
- [SOFT SKIN] ................................. 47
- [SCENERY] ................................... 47
- [SPORTS] ...................................... 47
- [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ...................... 48
- [NIGHT SCENERY] ....................... 48
- [FOOD] ......................................... 48
- [PARTY] ........................................ 49
- [CANDLE LIGHT] .......................... 49
- [SUNSET] ...................................... 49
- [BABY1 ]/[BABY2] .......................... 49
- [PET] ............................................. 50
- [HIGH SENS.] ................................ 50
- [BEACH] ........................................ 51
- [STARRY SKY] .............................. 51
- [FIREWORKS] ............................... 51
- [SNOW] ......................................... 52
- [AERIAL PHOTO] .......................... 52
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 53
Recording which Day of the Vacation
You Take the Picture ........................... 55
Displaying the Time at the Travel
Destination (World Time) .................... 57
Using the [REC] Mode Menu .................. 59
• [W.BALANCE]
Adjusting the hue for a more natural
picture ............................................... 60
• [SENSITIVITY]
Setting the light sensitivity ................ 62
• [ASPECT RATIO]
Setting the aspect ratio of pictures ...62
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