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VQT2A80
Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety .......................2
Standard Accessories ...............................8
Names of the Components .....................10
Operating the Front Dial..........................13
Rotating the LCD monitor .......................13
About the Lens........................................14
Preparation
Attaching/Detaching the Lens .................16
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ..................18
Attaching the Lens Hood.........................19
Charging the Battery ...............................20
• About the Battery (charging/number
of recordable pictures)......................21
Inserting/Removing the Battery...............23
Using the AC Adaptor .............................24
Inserting/Removing the Card (Optional)..... 25
About the Card........................................26
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................27
• Changing the clock setting................27
Setting the Menu.....................................28
• Setting menu items ...........................29
Setting the Quick Menu...........................31
About the Setup Menu ............................32
About how to hold and LCD monitor/
Viewfinder ...............................................38
Basic
Selecting the [REC] mode, and record
still picture or motion picture ...................41
• Taking the still picture .......................43
• Recording the motion picture ............43
• Playback the recorded still pictures
or motion picture...............................43
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ..............44
• Scene detection ................................45
• Face Recognition..............................46
• AF Tracking Function........................46
• Compensating the Exposure.............46
• About the flash..................................47
• Taking motion pictures using the
automatic function ............................47
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode.......48
Taking pictures with your favourite
settings (Programme AE mode)..............50
• Fix the focus by pressing the shutter
button halfway (AFS) ........................51
• Continuously focusing on a subject
(AFC) ................................................51
• Take a picture with manual focus
(MF) ..................................................51
• Focusing ...........................................52
• When the subject is not in focus .......52
• Preventing jitter (camera shake) .......52
• Programme shift................................53
Taking Pictures with the Zoom................54
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom .....................54
Playing back Pictures..............................55
• Changing the Information Displayed
on the playback screen.....................56
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback) ................................56
• Displaying Pictures by Recording
Date (Calendar Playback).................57
• Using the Playback Zoom .................57
Deleting Pictures.....................................58
• To delete a single picture..................58
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures ..............................59
Advanced (Recording pictures)
Switching the display of the LCD
Monitor/Viewfinder ..................................60
• Switching the displayed information..... 60
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash ..... 64
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting ...............................................64
• Adjust the flash output ......................68
• Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro...69
Compensating the Exposure...................70
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode ..........71
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........73
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer .........75
Setting the method used to focus
(AF mode) ...............................................76
• Setting up [ ] (AF Tracking)...........77
• Setting the AF area ...........................78