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Presets
Setting the menu language
P
LANGUAGE . . . . . 124
Setting the viewfinder and monitor
brightness
c
FINDER/
c
MONITOR . . . . . . . . 124
Setting the time and date
M
CLOCK SET . . . . . . . 124
Setting automatic switch off
u
POWER SAVE . 125
Setting the key acknowledgement (response)
tones and shutter sounds
C
BEEP . . . . . . . . . 126
Setting the resolution
q
PICT.SIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Setting the compression rate
m
QUALITY . . . . . 127
Setting the white balance
a
W.BALANCE . . . . . 128
Setting the function for automatic
or one of the fixed settings
AUTO/
c
/
d
/
e
/
f
/
g
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Manually setting the white balance
h
. . . . . . 129
Fine adjustment of the white
balance
b
WB ADJUST
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setting the ISO speed
s
SENSITIVITY . . . . . . . . 130
Setting the picture properties (contrast, sharpness,
color saturation)
ö
PICT.ADJ.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Record mode -
6
/
7
Adjusting the focal length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using the optical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using the digital focal length
extension
ä
D.ZOOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Setting the distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Automatic focusing/Autofocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
– Close-up autofocus mode
i
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
– Using autofocus spot
metering
r
SPOT AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
– Metering memory-lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Manual focusing MF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
– The magnification
function
K
MF ASSIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Setting the exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Taking photographs with programmed
automatic exposure mode P . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
– Shifting program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Taking photographs with speed
priority mode T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Taking photographs with aperture
priority mode A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Taking photographs with manual setting
of shutter speed and aperture M . . . . . . . . . 137
Selecting the exposure metering method . . . . . . . 137
Multi-field metering
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Center-weighted metering
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Spot metering
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
The histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Exposure compensation
l
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Taking photographs with automatic
exposure bracketing
k
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Flash photography
Taking photographs with the built-in
flash unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
– Flash range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
– Indirect flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Taking photographs with the flash
synchronized to the end of the
exposure
5
FLASH SYNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Flash exposure compensation
j
. . . . . . . . . . 144
Taking photographs with external flash units . . 144
Immediate viewing after the shot
Using automatic review of the last
picture
B
AUTO REVIEW
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Viewing pictures with the VIEW- function . . . . 146
– Deleting pictures during viewing . . . . . . . . 147
Additional functions
Exposure series
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Selecting the exposure
frequency
t
BURST RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Pictures with sound
w
AUDIO REC. . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Video recording l/
ü
MOTION IMAGE . . . . . . 149
Animation recording
A
FLIP ANIM. . . . . . . . . . . 151
Taking photographs with the self-timer
A
. . . . . . 153
Calling up menu functions with the quick set
button
FUNCTION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
– Setting the functions that should be
called up with the quick selection
button -
i
CUSTOM SET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
– Using the quick set button
FUNCTION
. . . . 154
