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Basic Shooting and Playback Operations ................................................................... 21
Shooting Images................................................................................................................................... 22
Using the Flash ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Recording Movies ..................................................................................................................................................... 24
Playing Back Images ............................................................................................................................ 25
Deleting Images .................................................................................................................................... 26
The Image Selection Screen for Deletion .................................................................................................. 27
Shooting Features............................................................................................................... 28
Selecting a Shooting Mode............................................................................................................... 29
A (Auto) Mode .................................................................................................................................... 30
Using the Creative Slider ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions) ................................................ 32
Tips and Notes About Scene Mode............................................................................................................... 33
Shooting with Easy Panorama.......................................................................................................................... 39
Playback with Easy Panorama ........................................................................................................................... 41
Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)................................................................... 42
Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)....................................... 44
Using Smile Timer..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Using Self-Collage..................................................................................................................................................... 46
Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector ............................................................... 47
Flash Mode.............................................................................................................................................. 48
Self-timer ................................................................................................................................................. 50
Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures) ...................................................................................... 52
Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) ...................................................................... 53
Using the Zoom..................................................................................................................................... 54
Focusing................................................................................................................................................... 56
The Shutter-release Button................................................................................................................................. 56
Using Target Finding AF ....................................................................................................................................... 56
Using Face Detection ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Using Skin Softening............................................................................................................................................... 58
Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus ............................................................................................................. 58
Focus Lock..................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)............................................................. 60
Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting...................................... 62
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