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Table of Contents
How to use this manual....................................................................... 4
Composition of the manual ................................................................. 5
1 Basic operation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -11
Mode dial........................................................................................... 12
Direct buttons.................................................................................... 13
Using the direct buttons in shooting mode.................................. 13
Using the direct buttons in playback mode ................................. 15
Menus ............................................................................................... 17
About the menus......................................................................... 17
How to use the menus ................................................................ 19
2 Tips before you start taking pictures - - - - - -21
Holding the camera........................................................................... 22
Turning the monitor on/off................................................................. 23
If correct focus cannot be obtained................................................... 24
How to focus (focus lock)............................................................ 24
Subjects that are difficult to focus on .......................................... 25
Record mode ............................................................................. 26
Still picture record modes............................................................ 26
Movie record modes.................................................................... 27
Card capacity in number of pictures/recording time.................... 28
To change the record mode........................................................ 30
3 Basic shooting functions- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -31
Selecting a shooting mode according to the situation....................... 32
Zooming in on a distant subject ........................................................ 34
Using the optical zoom................................................................ 34
Using the digital zoom................................................................. 35
Taking close-up pictures (macro/super macro mode) .......... 36
Flash shooting .............................................................................. 37
Flash intensity control .......................................................... 41
Slow synchronization ...................................................... 41
4 Advanced shooting functions - - - - - - - - - - -42
Aperture priority shooting ............................................................ 43
Shutter priority shooting ............................................................... 44
Manual shooting .......................................................................... 45
My Mode .................................................................................... 46
