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Getting Started and Basic Camera Operations

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1 Getting Started and Basic Camera Operations This chapter describes preparatory steps before you start shooting and the basic camera operations. Attaching the Provided Strap Pass the end of the strap through the camera's strap mount eyelet from the bottom. Then pass it through the strap's buckle as shown in the illustration. Pull the strap to take up any slack and make sure the strap will not loosen from the buckle.  The eyepiece cover is also attached to the strap (p.427). Eyepiece cover 37

Section	Page
Cover	1
Introduction	2
Item Check List	3
Instruction Manuals	4
Quick Start Guide	6
Compatible Cards	8
Chapters	9
Contents by Purpose	10
Index to Features	12
Conventions Used in this Manual	15
Contents	16
Safety Precautions	22
Handling Precautions	25
Nomenclature	28
Getting Started and Basic Camera Operations	37
Charging the Battery	38
Installing and Removing the Battery	40
Installing and Removing the Card	41
Using the LCD Monitor	44
Turning on the Power	45
Setting the Date, Time, and Zone	47
Selecting the Interface Language	50
Attaching and Detaching a Lens	51
Basic Shooting Operations	53
Setting the Screen Display Level	59
Quick Control for Shooting Functions	65
Menu Operations and Configurations	67
Operating the Camera with Touch Screen	71
Formatting the Card	74
Switching the LCD Monitor Display	76
Displaying the Electronic Level	78
Displaying the Grid	80
Displaying the Flicker Detection	81
Basic Shooting and Image Playback	83
Fully Automatic Shooting (Scene Intelligent Auto)	84
Full Auto Techniques (Scene Intelligent Auto)	87
Shooting When You Cannot Use Flash	89
Creative Auto Shooting	90
Shooting Portraits	97
Shooting Landscapes	98
Shooting Close-ups	99
Shooting Moving Subjects	100
Special Scene Mode	101
Shooting Group Photos	102
Photographing Children	103
Shooting Food	104
Shooting Candlelight Portraits	105
Shooting Night Portraits (With a Tripod)	106
Shooting Night Scenes (Handheld)	107
Shooting Backlit Scenes	108
Shooting with Creative Filter Effects	111
Quick Control	117
Adjusting the Brightness	120
Image Playback	121
Setting the AF and Drive Modes	123
Changing the Autofocus Operation	124
Selecting the AF Area and AF Point	129
AF Area Selection Modes	133
AF Sensor	136
Lenses and Usable AF Points	137
Subjects Difficult to Focus on	145
Selecting the Drive Mode	147
Using the Self-timer	149
Image Settings	151
Setting the Image-Recording Quality	152
Changing the Image’s Aspect Ratio	156
Setting the ISO Speed for Still Photos	158
Selecting a Picture Style	161
Customizing a Picture Style	164
Registering a Picture Style	167
Matching the Light Source	169
Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source	173
Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast	175
Setting Noise Reduction	176
Correction of Lens Aberrations due to Optical Characteristics	179
Reducing Flicker	185
Setting the Color Reproduction Range	187
Advanced Operations for Photographic Effects	189
Program AE	190
Conveying the Subject’s Movement	192
Changing the Depth of Field	194
Manual Exposure	197
BULB: Long (Bulb) Exposures	199
Changing the Metering Mode	203
Setting the Desired Exposure Compensation	205
Auto Exposure Bracketing	206
Locking the Exposure	208
Mirror Lockup to Reduce Camera Vibration Blur	209
Interval Timer Shooting	211
Flash Photography	215
Using the Built-in Flash	216
Using an External Speedlite	221
Setting the Flash Function	223
Wireless Flash Photography	229
Easy Wireless Flash Photography	232
Custom Wireless Flash Photography	235
Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)	241
Shooting with the LCD Monitor	242
Shooting Function Settings	249
Shooting with Creative Filter Effects	251
Menu Function Settings	255
Changing the Autofocus Operation	256
Focusing with AF	259
Shooting with the Touch Shutter	269
MF: Focusing Manually	271
Shooting Movies	275
Shooting Movies	276
Shooting Function Settings	286
Setting the Movie Recording Size	287
Using Movie Digital Zoom	290
Shooting HDR Movies	291
Shooting Movies with Creative Filter Effects	292
Shooting Time-lapse Movies	296
Shooting Video Snapshots	303
Menu Function Settings	313
Handy Features	323
Handy Features	324
Automatic Sensor Cleaning	339
Appending Dust Delete Data	341
Manual Sensor Cleaning	343
Image Playback	345
Searching for Images Quickly	346
Magnifying Images	349
Playing Back with the Touch Screen	350
Rotating the Image	352
Setting Ratings	353
Setting Image Search Conditions	356
Quick Control for Playback	358
Enjoying Movies	360
Playing Back Movies	362
Editing a Movie’s First and Last Scenes	364
Slide Show (Auto Playback)	366
Viewing Images on a TV Set	369
Protecting Images	372
Erasing Images	375
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)	378
Specifying Images for a Photobook	382
Shooting Information Display	385
Post-Processing Images	391
Applying Creative Filter Effects	392
Resizing JPEG Images	395
Cropping JPEG Images	397
Customizing the Camera	399
Setting Custom Functions	400
Custom Function Setting Items	402
Custom Controls	409
Registering My Menu	413
Reference	419
INFO Button Functions	420
Checking the Battery Information	421
Using a Household Power Outlet	422
Remote Control Shooting	423
Using Eye-Fi Cards	428
Function Availability Table by Shooting Mode	430
System Map	440
Menu Settings	442
Troubleshooting Guide	452
Error Codes	467
Specifications	468
Software Start Guide / Downloading Images to a Computer	487
Software Start Guide	488
Downloading and Viewing the Software Instruction Manuals (PDF Files)	490
Downloading Images to a Computer	491