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UNPACKING As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. If anything is missing, contact your original retailer. Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Digital Camera Battery Charger (BC-31L) (NP-40) To attach the strap to the camera. * The shape of the AC power cord Attach strap here. plug varies according to country or geographic area. AC Power Cord * Strap USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROM Basic Reference UNPACKING 2
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CONTENTS UNPACKING 2 GETTING READY 35 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 QUICK START BASICS 9 ■ To charge the battery 35 ■ To load the battery 37 First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ■ Replacing the Battery 40 Configuring Display Language, Date, ■ Battery Precautions 40 and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using a Memory Card . .
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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 59 SHOOTING A MOVIE 84 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 ■ Specifying Image Size 63 ■ Movie Recording Precautions 86 ■ Specifying Image Quality 65 ■ Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 66 USING BEST SHOT 87 ■ Snapshot Shooting Precautions 6
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Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 128 ADVANCED SETTINGS 104 ■ Using Key Customize to Assign Functions Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 [ ] and [ ]128 ■ Using Auto Focus 105 ■ Displaying an On-screen Grid 129 ■ Using Macro Focus 106 ■ Displaying the Image You Just Recorded ■ Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 112 (Image Review) 130 ■ Using Infinity Focus 112 ■ Using Icon Help 130 ■ Using Manual Focus 112 ■ Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On
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EDITING IMAGES 148 USING AUDIO 165 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 167 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color MANAGING YOUR FILES 169 of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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OTHER SETTINGS 178 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 199 Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 178 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 179 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 200 Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 ■ Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 203 Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting. .
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APPENDIX 227 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 ■ Battery Charger Lamp Reference 237 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 ■ Finding the Problem and Fixing It 238 ■ If you have problems installing the USB driver... 242
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QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 35) ■ Using the Battery Charger to Charge 2. Plug the battery charger into a household power outlet. 1. Load the battery into the battery charger. [CHARGE] lamp lights red during charging. [CHARGE] lamp goes out when charging is complete. • It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge. QUICK START BASICS 9
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3. Close the battery cover. ■ Loading the Battery into the Camera 1. Open the battery cover. While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. QUICK START BASICS 10
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Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 181, 185) 1. Press [ON/OFF] to turn on the camera. [ON/OFF] (Power) 2. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the language you want and then press [SET]. 3. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the area where you will use the camera and then press [] [SET]. [] [] 4. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the city where you [SET] will use the camera and then press [SET]. [] 5. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the summer time [BS] (DST) s
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6. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the date format and then press [SET]. Example: December 19, 2007 To display the date like this: Select this option: 07/12/19 YY/MM/DD 19/12/07 DD/MM/YY 12/19/07 MM/DD/YY 7. Set the date and the time. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the setting you want (year, month, day, hour, minute) and then use [ ] and [ ] to change the setting. To switch between 12-hour and 24-hour format, press [BS]. 8. When all the settings are the way you want, press [SET]. 9. Press [ON/OFF] t
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Using a Memory Card (page 45) ■ Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 2. Load a memory card into the camera. When a memory card is loaded, the camera stores images you shoot on the card. MEMORY CARD NOTE • Though the camera has built-in memory, using a memory Front Back card provides additional capacity you can use to store more images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer With the back of the memory card facing upwards (towards movies. the monitor screen side of the camera), slid
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5. Press [ ] to select “Format” and then press ■ Formatting a Memory Card [SET]. Before you can use a memory card with your camera, you must • To cancel formatting, select “Cancel” and then press format it. [SET]. IMPORTANT! • Wait until the “Busy... Please wait...” message disappears from the monitor screen before doing anything else. • Formatting a memory card that already has snapshots or other files on it, will delete its contents. Normally you do not “Set Up” Tab need to format a mem
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Shooting a Snapshot (page 59) 1. Press [ ] to turn on the camera. Auto icon This enters the REC mode and displays “ ” (Auto icon) on the monitor screen. Operation Lamp 2. Point the camera at the subject. 3. While taking care to keep the camera still, half- press the shutter button. Shutter Button When the image is in focus, the camera will beep, the operation lamp will light green, and the focus frame will turn green. 4. Continuing to keep the camera still, press the shutter button all the wa
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Snapshot Image Size and Image Quality How do I half-press the shutter button? Your camera lets you select from among various image size The shutter button is designed to stop about half way down and quality settings. Note that image size and quality when you press it lightly. Stopping at this point is called a settings affect how many images can be stored in memory. “half-press”. When you half-press the shutter button, the • You can change the image size and quality settings as camera automat
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Viewing Snapshots ■ Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto Focus (page 135) Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto [ ] (PLAY) Focus to operate will record using Quick Shutter (page 111). Quick Shutter lets you capture exactly the moment you want. • With Quick Shutter, the camera uses high-speed Auto Focus, which means you can capture quick moving action more easily. Note, however, that some images may be out of focus when Quick Shutter is used. • Whe
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Shooting a Movie (page 84) 3. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the “ ” Movie Icon (Movie) scene and then press [SET]. Remaining Recording Time “ ” (movie icon) remains on the monitor screen. [] (REC) 4. Press the shutter button to start shooting the movie. • Audio is also recorded during movie recording. 5. Press the shutter button again to stop Shutter Button recording. Movie Image Quality Your camera lets you select from among three image quality settings (HQ, Normal, LP) for movie
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Viewing a Movie (page 137) The film-like frame that appears on the monitor screen indicates 1. Press [ ] to enter the PLAY mode. that this is an image from a movie. 2. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the movie you want “ ” Movie icon to play. When scrolling through images, a movie is displayed on the monitor screen by showing its first frame. [] (PLAY) 3. Press [SET] to start playback. The monitor screen will return to the image selection screen in step 2 after the end of the movie is reached. [
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Deleting a File (page 176) You can use the following procedure to delete files you have 1. Press [ ]. transferred to your computer’s hard disk, images you have 2. Press [ ] ( ). printed, or files you simply no longer need. This frees up memory for recording more images. 3. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the snapshot or [ ] (PLAY) movie you want to delete. 4. Press [ ] to select “Delete”. [ ] • To cancel the delete operation, select “Cancel”. 5. Press [SET]. This deletes the selected snapshot
