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Using the Flash

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

1 Press the button.

1. Use the or button to select the flash settings.

: [Auto] : [On]

: [Off]

•You can configure detailed settings for the flash when you press the MENU button while this screen is displayed (p. 76).

You are recommended to shoot with the camera attached to a tripod or other device if the camera shake warning icon () appears.

Functions Shooting Used Commonly

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Shooting Close-ups (Macro)

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

Use this mode to shoot close-ups of flowers or small items. The image area at the minimum shooting distance from the end of the lens to the subject (5 cm) (2.0 in.) is 59 × 44 mm (2.3 × 1.7 in.).

1 Press the button.

1. Use the or button to select .

To Cancel the Macro Mode:

Press the button and use the or button to select (Normal).

zUse the LCD monitor to compose close-ups in macro mode since the view through the viewfinder may not match the image taken.

zUsing the flash in macro mode may cause image edges to darken.

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Using the Self-Timer

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

You can set the time delay and the numbers of shots you wish to take in advance.

10 sec. Self-Timer: The shutter releases 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed.

• 2 seconds before the shutter releases, the self-timer sound beeps quickly and the lamp will speed up.

2 sec. Self-Timer: The shutter releases 2 seconds after the shutter button is pressed.

• The self-timer sound beeps quickly and the self-timer lamp blinks when the shutter button is pressed and the shutter releases 2 seconds later.

Custom Timer: You can change the delay time (0 – 10, 15, 20, 30 sec.) and number of shots (1 – 10).

• When a delay time of over 2 seconds is set for the [Delay] option, the self-timer sound beeps quickly 2 seconds before the shutter releases. If multiple shots have been specified for the [Shots] option, the sound will play for the first shot only.

1 Select the self-timer mode.

1. Press the button.

2. Use the or button to change the self-timer mode.

• When this screen displays, pressing the MENU button will allow you to set the custom selftimer (p. 62).

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2 Shoot.

•When you press the shutter button fully, the self-timer lamp will blink.*

*When [Red-Eye Lamp] is set to [On] in [Flash Settings] in the Rec. menu, the self-timer lamp will light 2 seconds before the flash fires (p. 76).

To Cancel the Self-Timer:

Press the button and the or button to select .

Changing the Delay Time and Number of Shots ()

1 Select [Self-timer].

1.Press the button.

2.In the menu, use the or button to select [Self-timer].

3. Press the button.

2 Make settings.

1.Use the or button to select [Delay] or [Shots] and the or button to change the settings.

2.Press the button.

3.Press the button.

If the [Shots] option is set to 2 or more shots, the following occurs.

-The exposure and white balance are locked at the settings selected for the first shot.

-If the flash is used, the interval between shots lengthens.

-The interval between shots may lengthen when the built-in memory of the camera fills.

-Shooting will automatically cease if the memory card becomes full.

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Changing the Recording Pixels

(Still Images)

Available Shooting Modes p. 189

1 Select the recording pixels.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select and the or button to change the recording pixels.

3. Press the button.

Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

	Recording Pixels						Purpose*
	Large	8M	3264	× 2448	High	Printing to about A3-size
						297	× 420 mm (11.7 × 16.5 in.)
						Printing to about A4-size
	Medium 1	5M	2592	× 1944		210	× 297 mm (8.3 × 11.7 in.)
						Printing to about Letter-size
						216	× 279 mm (8.5 × 11 in.)
	Medium 2	3M	2048	× 1536		Printing to about A5-size
						148	× 210 mm (6 × 8.3 in.)
						Printing postcard-size prints
	Medium 3	2M	1600	× 1200		148	× 100 mm (6 × 4 in.)
						Printing L-size prints
						119	× 89 mm (4.7 × 3.5 in.)
	Small	0.3M	640	× 480	Low	Sending images as e-mail
						attachments or shoot more images.

			Printing date-stamped images (p. 22), in
		2M 1600 × 1200	L-size or postcard-size (you can check
	Date Stamp		the print area at a 3:2 aspect ratio as
			you shoot).
			Printing on wide size paper (you can check
		3264 × 1832	the composition at a 16:9 aspect ratio.
	Widescreen		Areas that will not be recorded appear on
			the LCD monitor as a black border.)

Functions Shooting Used Commonly

: Approximate recording pixel numbers are shown. (M is short for megapixels.) * Paper sizes vary according to region.