USING YOUR CAMERA SAFELY
Care to be Taken During Handling
Contents
Composition of the Operating Manual
Camera Features
Checking the Contents of the Package
Names of Parts
Names of Operating Parts
Monitor Indications
1 Getting Started
Attaching the Strap
Powering the Camera
Charging the Battery
Installing the Battery
Using the AC Adapter
Installing the SD Memory Card
Number of Images Recordable on an SD Memory Card
Turning the Camera On and Off
Starting-up in the Playback Mode
Initial Settings
Setting the Display Language
Setting the Date and Time
2 Common Operations
Understanding the Button Functions
The Capture Mode
The Playback Mode
Switching Between the Capture Mode and Playback Mode
Setting the Camera Functions
Operating the Menus
Menu List
3 Taking Pictures
Taking Still Pictures
Taking Pictures
Setting the Shooting Mode
Using the Face Detection Function
Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)
Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)
Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)
Using the Zoom
Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Handheld Night Snap/Night Scene Portrait/Night Scene/Sunset/ Digital SR/Fireworks Mode)
Taking Pictures of People (Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)
Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)
Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)
Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Surf & Snow/Sport Mode)
Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)
Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)
Taking Pictures Using the Filters (Fish-eye/ Sketch/Miniature)
Taking Panoramic Pictures (Digital Panorama Mode)
Using the Self-timer
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/ Burst Shooting/16-frame Shooting Mode)
Taking Pictures Using the Remote Control Unit (Optional)
Shooting while the Exposure is Automatically Changed (Auto Bracketing)
Setting the Shooting Functions
Selecting the Flash Mode
Selecting the Focus Mode
Selecting the Recorded Pixels
Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the Exposure (EV Compensation)
Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)
Setting the Sensitivity
Setting the AUTO ISO Range
Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)
Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)
Setting the Shake Reduction Function
Registering a Face to be Detected Preferentially
Switching the Face Detection Function
Setting the Date Imprint Function
Setting for Displaying the Electronic Level
Calling Up a Specific Function
Recording Movies
Recording a Movie
Selecting the Recorded Pixels and Frame Rate for Movies
Setting the Movie SR (Movie Shake Reduction) Function
Setting the Screen Effect for Recording a Movie
Saving the Settings (Memory)
4 Playing Back and Deleting Images
Playing Back Images
Playing Back Still Pictures
Playing Back a Movie
Multi-Image Display
Using the Playback Function
Slideshow
Rotating the Image
Zoom Playback
Deleting Images
Deleting a Single Image
Deleting Selected Images
Deleting All Images
Protecting Images from Deletion (Protect)
Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment
5 Editing and Printing Images
Editing Images
Changing the Image Size (Resize)
Cropping Images
Stretching a User-Selected Area of an Image (Stretch Filter)
Processing Images to Make Faces Look Smaller
Using the Digital Filters
Compensating for an Unwanted Red-eye Effect
Adding a Frame (Frame Composite)
Editing Movies
Copying Images
Setting the Printing Service (DPOF)
Printing Single Images
Printing All Images
6 Settings
Camera Settings
Formatting the Memory
Changing the Sound Settings
Changing the Date and Time
Setting the World Time
Changing the Display Language
Changing the Naming System of the Folder
Changing the Video Output Format
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
Using the Power Saving Function
Setting the Auto Power Off Function
Changing the Start-up Screen
Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)
Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)
7 Viewing Images on a Computer
Setting Up Your Computer
Provided Software
System Requirements
Installing the Software
Setting the USB Connection Mode
Connecting to Your Computer
Connecting the Camera and Your Computer
Transferring Images
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Computer
Starting “MediaImpression”
Details on How to Use “MediaImpression”
8 Appendix
Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode
Messages
Troubleshooting
Default Settings
List of World Time Cities
Optional Accessories
Main Specifications
WARRANTY POLICY
Index