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Basic Operation
Basic Operation (Shooting)......................................................... 38
Holding the Camera............................................................................38
Taking Pictures ...................................................................................39
Basic Operation (Playback) ........................................................ 41
Playing Back Images ..........................................................................41
Selecting Previous or Next Images.....................................................42
Shooting Functions
Selecting the Drive Mode ............................................................ 44
Single-frame shooting.........................................................................44
Consecutive Shooting.........................................................................45
Self-Timer shooting.............................................................................46
Remote Control Shooting ...................................................................49
Setting the Recorded Pixels and Quality Level......................... 51
Setting the Recorded Pixels ...............................................................51
Setting the Quality Level.....................................................................52
Setting the Sensitivity ................................................................. 54
Setting the White Balance ........................................................... 55
Selecting the Metering Method ................................................... 57
Using the Multi(16)-Segment Metering ...............................................57
Using the Center-Weighted Metering .................................................58
Using the Spot Metering .....................................................................58
Capture Modes ............................................................................. 59
Using the Green Program AE mode ...................................................59
Using the P (Hyper Program) mode ...................................................60
Using the Tv (Shutter-priority) mode...................................................62
Using the Av (Aperture-priority) mode ................................................64
Using the M (Hyper manual exposure) mode .....................................66
Using the B (Bulb) mode.....................................................................68
About the AE-L (AE Lock)...................................................................69
Focusing ....................................................................................... 70
Using the AF.S Autofocus (Single mode) ...........................................70
Using the AF.C Autofocus (Continuous mode)...................................71
Manual Focus .....................................................................................72
Selecting the focus points...................................................................74
Focus lock...........................................................................................76
Autofocus illuminator ..........................................................................78
Hard-to-Autofocus Subjects................................................................78
AF Button............................................................................................78
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