Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety ....................... 2
Preparation
Standard Accessories ............................... 8
Names of the Components ....................... 8
Quick Guide ............................................ 10
Charging the Battery with the Charger ... 11
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures) ............................ 12
Inserting and Removing the Battery/the
Card (optional) .................................... 13
About the Built-in Memory/the Card
(optional) ............................................. 14
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 15
• Changing the clock setting ............... 15
About the Mode Dial ............................... 16
Setting the Menu ..................................... 17
About the Setup Menu ............................ 18
LCD Monitor Display/Switching the LCD
Monitor Display ................................... 21
Basic
Taking pictures ....................................... 22
Taking Pictures in Simple Mode ............. 24
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 26
• Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ) ............ 26
• Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom ............. 28
Checking the Recorded Picture
(Review) ............................................. 29
Playing back/Deleting Pictures ............... 30
Advanced (Recording pictures)
About the LCD Monitor ........................... 32
• Changing the information
displayed .......................................... 32
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• Brightening the LCD Monitor
(Power LCD/High angle mode) ........ 34
Taking Pictures using
the Built-in Flash ................................. 35
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 39
Compensating the Exposure .................. 40
Optical Image Stabilizer .......................... 41
Changing the sensitivity according to the
movement of the subject being
recorded .............................................. 42
Taking Close-up Pictures ........................ 43
Taking pictures that match the scene
being recorded
(Scene mode) ...................................... 44
- [PORTRAIT] .................................. 45
- [SOFT SKIN] ................................. 45
- [SELF PORTRAIT] ........................ 46
- [SCENERY] ................................... 46
- [SPORTS] ...................................... 46
- [NIGHT PORTRAIT] ...................... 46
- [NIGHT SCENERY] ....................... 47
- [FOOD] ......................................... 47
- [PARTY] ........................................ 47
- [CANDLE LIGHT] .......................... 48
- [BABY1]/[BABY2] .......................... 48
- [PET] ............................................. 49
- [SUNSET] ...................................... 49
- [HIGH SENS.] ................................ 49
- [STARRY SKY] .............................. 49
- [FIREWORKS] ............................... 50
- [BEACH] ........................................ 50
- [SNOW] ......................................... 51
- [AERIAL PHOTO] .......................... 51
- [UNDERWATER] ........................... 51
Motion Picture Mode ............................... 52
Recording which Day of the Vacation
You Take the Picture ........................... 54
Displaying the Time at the Travel
Destination (World Time) .................... 56
Using the [REC] Mode Menu .................. 58
• [W.BALANCE]
Adjusting the hue for a more
natural picture ................................... 59
• [SENSITIVITY]
Setting the light sensitivity ................ 60