10
Basic Operations
Introduction
Quick Menu Dial and Quick Menu Button
Rotate the quick menu dial to align the mark with the
function that you want to set. Items such as a (image
quality and image size) can be set.
• When the quick menu button is pressed while
shooting, the setting menu (quick menu) is displayed
for the function that is selected with the mark.
• When e is chosen, the “Tone level information”
(A82) function is turned on with the quick menu
button.
• Press the quick menu button again to exit the quick
menu.
• Available functions differ according to the shooting
mode.
• See “Quick Menu” (A67) for more information.
Pressing the Shutter-Release Button Halfway/All the Way
Down
The camera features a two-stage shutter-release button. To set the focus and exposure,
press the shutter-release button halfway, stopping when you feel resistance. The focus
and exposure lock while the shutter-release button is held in this position. To release the
shutter and take a picture, press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down.
Do not use force when pressing the shutter-release button, as this may result in camera
shake and blurred pictures. Press the button slowly.
Press the shutter-release
button halfway to lock
the focus and exposure.
Press the shutter-release
button the rest of the
way down to shoot.