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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BASIC OPERATION (SHOOTING)
Step 1.SETTING THE SINGLE FRAME DRIVE MODE 40
Step 2.SETTING THE AUTO PICTURE MODE . . . . . .41
Step 3.SETTING MULTI (16)-SEGMENT METERING
Step 4.SETTING THE AUTO FOCUS MODE TO AF.S 43
Step 5.SETTING THE FOCUS POINT MODE TO
Step 6.SETTING THE AUTO POP UP FLASH . . . . . .45
Step 7.USING THE ZOOM LENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Step 8.HOLDING THE CAMERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Step 9.TAKING A PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Step 10.UNLOADING A FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Step 11.REWINDING A FILM IN MID-ROLL . . . . . . . .51
SETTING THE FILM SPEED (ISO) MANUALLY . . . . .52
ADVANCED OPERATIONS
SELECTING A DRIVE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
AUTO BRACKETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
SELECTING THE PICTURE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Consecutive Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Self-Timer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Remote Control Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Multiple Exposures on a Single Frame . . . . . . . . .61
1. Standard Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
2. Portrait Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
3. Landscape Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
4. Close-up Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
5. Action Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
6. Night-Scene Program Mode . . . . . . . . . . . .73
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