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Taking Still Pictures Taking Pictures The Optio P80 features a wide range of shooting modes and functions to suit almost any subject or scene. This chapter describes how to take pictures with the most commonly used standard settings (the factory default settings). 3 Zoom lever Shutter release button Power switch Taking Pictures 1 Press the power switch. The camera turns on and is ready to take still pictures. In this manual, this is called "still picture capture mode". 2 Confirm the subject and shooting 38 information on the display. The focus frame in the middle of the display indicates the zone of automatic focusing. When the camera recognizes a person's face, the Face Recognition function is activated and the face recognition frame appears (p.72). 08/08/2009 14:25 Focus frame 38 08/08/2009 14:25 Face recognition frame 66

Section	Page
Using Your Camera Safely	3
Care to be Taken During Handling	7
Contents	9
Composition of the Operating Manual	15
Camera Features	16
Checking the Contents of the Package	19
Names of Parts	20
Names of Operating Parts	21
Monitor Indications	22
1 Getting Started	31
Attaching the Strap	32
Powering the Camera	33
Charging the Battery	33
Installing the Battery	34
Using the AC Adapter	37
Installing the SD Memory Card	39
Number of Images Recordable on an SD Memory Card	42
Turning the Camera On and Off	43
Starting-up in the Playback Mode	44
Initial Settings	45
Setting the Display Language	45
Setting the Date and Time	49
Vertical Snap Setting	50
2 Common Operations	53
Understanding the Button Functions	54
Capture Mode	54
Playback Mode	56
Switching Between Capture Mode and Playback Mode	58
Setting the Camera Functions	59
Operating the Menus	59
Menu List	63
3 Taking Pictures	67
Taking Still Pictures	68
Taking Pictures	68
Setting the Shooting Mode	71
Using the Face Recognition Function	74
Taking Pictures Automatically (Auto Picture Mode)	76
Taking Pictures in the Custom Settings (Program Mode)	77
Taking Pictures in the Basic Mode (Green Mode)	78
Using the Zoom	80
Simple Cellphone-style Picture Taking (Vertical Snap)	82
Taking Pictures of Dark Scenes (Night Scene/Night Scene Portrait/Digital SR/Fireworks/Candlelight Mode)	85
Taking Pictures of People (Half-length Portrait/Portrait/Natural Skin Tone Mode)	86
Taking Pictures of Children (Kids Mode)	88
Taking Pictures of Your Pet (Pet Mode)	89
Taking Pictures of Sports and Leisure Activities (Surf & Snow/Sport Mode)	90
Taking Pictures Indoors (Party Mode)	91
Taking Pictures of Text (Text Mode)	92
Framing Your Pictures (Frame Composite Mode)	93
Using the Self-timer	95
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/Burst Shooting Mode)	96
Using the Digital Wide Function (Digital Wide Mode)	98
Taking Panoramic Pictures (Digital Panorama Mode)	100
Setting the Shooting Functions	103
Selecting the Flash Mode	103
Selecting the Focus Mode	105
Selecting the Number of Recorded Pixels	108
Setting the Exposure (EV Compensation)	110
Correcting the Brightness (D-Range Setting)	111
Adjusting the White Balance	112
Setting the AE Metering	114
Setting the Sensitivity	116
Setting Blink Detection	117
Setting Pixel Track SR	118
Setting the Instant Review	119
Setting the Image Sharpness (Sharpness)	120
Setting the Color Saturation (Saturation)	120
Setting the Image Contrast (Contrast)	121
Setting the Date Imprint Function	122
Calling Up a Specific Function	123
Recording Movies	125
Recording a Movie	125
Selecting the Recorded Pixels and Frame Rate for Movies	127
Setting the Movie SR (Movie Shake Reduction) Function	128
Saving the Settings (Memory)	129
4 Playing Back and Deleting Images	131
Playing Back Images	132
Playing Back Still Pictures	132
Playing Back a Movie	133
Multi-Image Display	134
Using the Playback Function	136
Slideshow	139
Registering/Playing Back Images in the FAVORITE Folder	141
Rotating the Image	144
Zoom Playback	145
Zoom In on the Subject’s Face Automatically (Face Close-up Playback)	146
Deleting Images and Sound Files	148
Deleting a Single Image	148
Deleting Selected Images and Sound Files	150
Deleting All Images and Sound Files	152
Recovering Deleted Images	153
Protecting Images and Sound Files from Deletion (Protect)	154
Connecting the Camera to AV Equipment	157
5 Editing and Printing Images	159
Editing Images	160
Changing the Image Size (Resize)	160
Cropping Images	161
Processing Images So That Faces Look Smaller	162
Using the Digital Filters	164
Red-eye Compensation	168
Adding a Frame (Frame Composite)	169
Editing Movies	172
Copying Images and Sound Files	174
Setting the Printing Service (DPOF)	177
Printing a Single Image	177
Printing All Images	179
6 Recording and Playing Back Sound	181
Recording Sound (Voice Recording)	182
Setting the Voice Recording Function	182
Recording Sound	183
Playing Back Sound	184
Adding a Voice Memo to Images	186
Recording a Voice Memo	186
Playing Back a Voice Memo	187
7 Settings	189
Camera Settings	190
Formatting an SD Memory Card	190
Changing the Sound Settings	191
Changing the Date and Time	192
Setting the World Time	195
Changing the Display Language	197
Changing the Naming Rule of the Folder	198
Changing the Video Output Format	199
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display	200
Using the Power Saving Function	201
Setting Auto Power Off	202
Changing the Start-up Screen	203
Correcting Defective Pixels in the CCD Sensor (Pixel Mapping)	204
Resetting to Default Settings (Reset)	205
8 Connecting to a Computer	207
Setting Up Your Computer	208
Provided Software	208
System Requirements	209
Installing the Software	210
Setting the USB Connection Mode	214
Connecting to a Windows PC	216
Connecting the Camera and Your Windows PC	216
Transferring Images	217
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Windows PC	220
Starting “ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0”	221
Viewing Images	223
Details on How to Use “ACDSee for PENTAX 3.0”	224
Connecting to a Macintosh	225
Connecting the Camera and Your Macintosh	225
Transferring Images	226
Disconnecting the Camera from Your Macintosh	226
Starting “ACDSee 2 for Mac”	227
Viewing Images	228
Details on How to Use “ACDSee 2 for Mac”	228
9 Appendix	229
Functions Available for Each Shooting Mode	230
Messages	232
Troubleshooting	234
Default Settings	236
List of World Time Cities	241
Optional Accessories	242
Main Specifications	243
WARRANTY POLICY	247