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Using the Camera
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AF-ASSIST ILLUMINATOR
Press the shutter button down halfway in dimly lit
conditions. The camera fires the AF-assist
illuminator (green) to allow easier focusing.
Note that the effective range decreases for
telephoto shots.
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!
The camera focuses most easily when a picture is taken at a
distance of around 1.7 m (5.6 ft.) with wide-angle zoom
setting.
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!
See P.86 for information on turning the AF-assist illuminator
off.
Frame the shot so that the subject fills the entire AF
(Auto Focus) frame. When a picture is taken at a
distance of approx. 0.6 m to 1.5 m (2.0 ft. to 4.9 ft.)
using the viewfinder, only the shaded area in the
figure is photographed.
To take pictures using the viewfinder, press the
“DISP (BACK)” button to turn the LCD monitor off.
Turning the LCD monitor off conserves battery
power.
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The viewfinder cannot be used to take shots in Macro mode.
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For more precise shot framing, use the LCD monitor to take
the picture.
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When the zoom is set to wide-angle, the end of the lens may
be visible in the viewfinder. This is normal and is not recorded
in the shot.
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Brace your elbows against your sides and hold the
camera with both hands. Position of your right
thumb so that it is handy for using the zoom.
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Moving the camera while shooting gives a blurred picture
(camera shake). Use a tripod to avoid camera shake,
particularly for shots in the dark when the selected flash
mode is Suppressed flash.
USING VIEWFINDER
VIEWFINDER LAMP DISPLAY
Display Status
Lit green Ready to shoot
Blinking green AF/AE is in progress, camera shake warning or AF warning (ready to shoot)
Blinking green and
orange alternately
Recording to xD-Picture Card (ready to shoot)
Lit orange Recording to xD-Picture Card (not ready)
Blinking orange Charging the flash (flash will not fire)
Blinking green
(1-second intervals)
Camera in Power Save mode (➡P.88)
Lit red Battery charging is in progress
Blinking red
i xD-Picture Card Warnings
No card inserted, card not formatted, incorrect format, card full, xD-Picture Card error
i Lens operation error
✽ Detailed warning messages appear on the LCD monitor (➡P.118, 119).
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NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES
The number of available frames appears on the
LCD monitor.
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See P.53 for information on changing the quality setting.
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The default quality “y” set at shipment is “5”.
■ Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card
The table below shows the standard number of frames for a new xD-Picture Card formatted on the camera. The larger the
xD-Picture Card capacity, the bigger the difference between the actual number of frames and the number shown here. Also,
the size of an image file varies depending on the subject. So the number of remaining shots may decrease by 2 or may
remain the same. For this reason, the number displayed may not show the actual number of frames.
STD (Standard mode)
Quality setting
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Number of recorded pixels
4048 × 3040
DPC-16 (16 MB) 6
5
2848 × 2136
10
2
1600 × 1200
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640 × 480
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12 20 50 247
26 42 101 497
52 84 204 997
105
211
T F
~
4048 × 3040
3
6
12
26
52
105
169
339
3
2048 × 1536
19
40
81
162
325
651
409
818
1997
3993
4048 × 3040
1
2
4
9
19
39
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512 (512 MB)
Quality setting
≤ N
Number of recorded pixels
3968 × 2232
DPC-16 (16 MB) 8
µ
3200 × 1800
10
™
2048 × 1152
22
E
768 × 432
109
17 22 44 220
36 44 90 442
72 89 181 886
146
292
≤ F
3968 × 2232
4
8
18
36
73
146
179
358
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2304 × 1296
20
41
84
169
339
679
362
725
1775
3549
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512 (512 MB)
WIDE (Widescreen mode)
AF frame
TAKING PICTURES
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B AUTO MODE
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PHOTOGRAPHY MODE