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BEFORE YOU BEGIN FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE Thank you for purchasing this product. Please take the time to read through this instruction manual Lithium-ion batteries so you can enjoy all the features of your new digital camera. This camera operates on a small, but powerful lithium-ion battery. Misuse or abuse of the lithium- ion battery can cause damage or injury through fire, electric shock, or chemical leakage. Read and Check the packing list before using this product. If any items are missing, i
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• Do not use these products near inflammable gases or liquids such as gasoline, benzine, or paint GENERAL WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS thinner. Do not use inflammable products such as alcohol, benzine, or paint thinner to clean these Read and understand the following warnings and cautions for safe use of the digital camera and its products. The use of inflammable cleaners and solvents may cause an explosion or fire. accessories. • When unplugging the AC adapter or charger, do not pull on the power cor
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CAUTION The following marks may be found on the product: • Do not use or store these products in a hot or humid environment such as the glove compartment or trunk of a car. It may damage the camera, charger, and battery which may result in burns or This mark on your camera certifies that this camera meets the requirements of the injuries caused by heat, fire, explosion, or leaking battery fluid. EU (European Union) concerning interference causing equipment regulations. CE • If the battery is lea
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Focus range.............................................................................................................................26 TABLE OF CONTENTS Focus signals ..........................................................................................................................27 Special focusing situations .....................................................................................................27 The getting up and running section covers how to prepare the camera for
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Playback - advanced operation...........................................................................................................54 Data-transfer mode..............................................................................................................................80 Playing back voice memos and audio captions .....................................................................54 System requirements ..............................................................................
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NAMES OF PARTS * This camera is a sophisticated optical instrument. Care should be taken to keep these surfaces clean. Please read the care and storage instructions in the back of this manual (p. 106). Zoom lever (p. 23) Indicator lamp Playback button (p. 32) Mode switch (p. 21) Self-timer lamp (p. 38) Flash* (p. 28) Shutter-release button DC terminal (p. 17) Speaker LCD monitor* Microphone Controller Card-chamber Menu button door (p. 18) Display button (p. 29, 34) Lens* Lens cover / Main swi
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INSERTING THE BATTERY GETTING UP AND RUNNING This digital camera uses one NP-700 lithium-ion battery. Before using the battery, read the safety CHARGING THE BATTERY warnings on pages 3 and 4 of this manual. When replacing the battery, the camera should be Before the camera can be used, the lithium-ion battery must be charged. Before charging the bat- turned off (p.19). tery, read the safety warnings on pages 3 and 4 of this manual. Only recharge the battery with the supplied battery charger. Th
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BATTERY-CONDITION INDICATOR AC ADAPTER (SOLD SEPARATELY) This camera is equipped with an automatic battery-condition indicator displayed on the LCD moni- tor. The indicator changes from white to red when battery power is low. Always turn off the camera before changing between power supplies. The AC adapter AC-4 or AC-5 allows the camera to be powered Full-battery indicator - the battery is fully charged. This indicator is dis- from a household outlet. The AC adapter is recommended when played w
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3. To eject a memory card, press the card into the slot and INSTALLING AND REMOVING A MEMORY CARD release. The card can now be pulled out. 3 Always turn off the camera and confirm the indicator lamp is not lit before changing the memory card, otherwise the card may be damaged, and data lost. This camera has approximately 15 MB of internal storage so images can be recorded without a memory card. For more memory capacity, an SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card or MultiMediaCard 4. Close the card-chamb
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SETTING THE DATE AND TIME RECORDING MODE - BASIC OPERATION After initially inserting a memory card and batteries, the This section covers basic recording operation. To prepare the camera for use, read pages 14 camera’s clock and calendar must be set. When images are through 20. recorded, the image data is saved with the date and time of recording. HANDLING THE CAMERA If the clock and calendar have not been set, a message is While using the LCD monitor, grip the camera firmly with your displayed
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LCD MONITOR DISPLAY USING THE ZOOM LENS This camera is equipped with a unique 6.3 - 18.9mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a 38 to Recording mode 114mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated by the zoom lever at the back of the camera. Flash modes (p. 28) Automatic digital subject program display (p. 25) Image size (p. 42) Image quality (p. 42) To zoom in on the subject, push the the Battery-condition indicator (p. 16) right side (T) of the zoom lever (1). Focus frame To zoom out, push the
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BASIC RECORDING OPERATION AUTOMATIC DIGITAL SUBJECT PROGRAM SELECTION Slide the mode switch to the digital-subject-program or recording Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection chooses between position. The operation for both modes is the same. Automatic program AE and one of four digital subject programs. The digital Digital Subject Program Selection is only active in the digital-sub- subject programs optimize camera settings for various conditions ject-program mode. and subjects. Automatic
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FOCUS LOCK FOCUS SIGNALS The focus-lock function is used when you want to compose the image with the subject off-center This digital camera has a quick, accurate autofocusing system. The focus signal in the lower right and outside the focus frame. Focus lock may also be used when a special focusing situation pre- corner of the LCD monitor indicates the focus status. The shutter can be released regardless if the vents the camera from focusing on the subject. This function is controlled with the s
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FLASH MODES FLASH RANGE - AUTOMATIC OPERATION The flash can be used when taking still images. To select The camera automatically controls the flash output. For well-exposed images, the subject must be the flash mode, press the up key of the controller (1) on within the flash range. Because of the optical system, the flash range is not the same at the lens’ the back of the camera until the desired mode is dis- wide-angle position as it is at the telephoto position. The flash range can be changed
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Night portrait - for deep, subtle night scenes. The use of a tripod is recommended. When used DIGITAL SUBJECT PROGRAMS with flash, the subject and background exposures are balanced. The flash can only be used with Digital subject programs optimize the camera’s exposure, close subjects such as with a portrait of a person. When using the flash, ask your subjects not to white-balance, and image-processing systems for specif- move after the burst; the shutter may still be open for the background exp
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ROTATING IMAGES PLAYBACK - BASIC OPERATION Press the down key of the controller (1) to rotate the dis- Images can be viewed in the playback mode. The playback mode has additional functions, see played image 90° left , 90° right, and horizontally. The page 54. The camera does not need to be turned on with the lens cover to play back images. image is displayed in the selected orientation until changed. 1 To view recorded images, press the playback button (1). If the camera is off, continue to pres
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DISPLAY BUTTON - PLAYBACK MODE ENLARGED PLAYBACK The display button controls the LCD monitor display. Each time the button is pressed, the display In single-frame playback, a still image can be enlarged switches between full display and image only. by up to 6X in 0.2X increments. With the image to be magnified displayed, press the right side of the zoom lever (T) to activate the enlarged playback mode. The degree of magnification is dis- played on the LCD monitor. Press the right side of the zoo
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DRIVE MODES RECORDING - ADVANCED OPERATION The drive modes control the rate and method images MOVIE RECORDING are captured. Indicators indicating the selected drive 1 This camera can record digital video with sound. Simply mode appear on the monitor. If auto reset (p. 45) is active, the drive mode is reset to single-frame advance slide the mode switch to the movie/audio recording 1 when the camera is turned off. position (1). The frame counter shows the total recording time for the next movie cl
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Self-timer Continuous advance Used for self-portraits, the self-timer delays the release of the shutter for approximately ten seconds The continuous advance drive mode takes up to four images when the shutter-release button is after the shutter-release button is pressed. The self-timer drive mode is selected with the down key pressed and held. With the image-size setting of 2560 x 1920, the maximum rate of capture is 1.6 of the controller (p. 37). fps. The continuous advance drive mode is select
