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Part I: Getting Started
Modifying Basic Camera Settings
Your camera ships with default settings for the country where the camera
was purchased. You also have default settings for the amount of time it
takes the camera to power off when no picture taking or menu activity has
occurred. You can modify these settings to suit your taste, as I show you in
the upcoming sections.
Adjusting the date and time
Adjusting your camera to the current date and time is important because
your camera records the date and time of every picture you take. The time
is based on a 24-hour military clock. You can also consider this to be your
baptism by fire on how to use the camera menus, which I discuss in detail in
Chapter 2. To set the date and time:
1. Press the Menu button.
The last used menu appears on the LCD monitor.
2. Navigate to the Camera Settings 2 tab (shown at the left of Figure 1-8).
Use the cross keys to navigate to the Camera Settings 2 icon, or tap it.
Either way you choose, the menu with the date and time options dis-
plays on your LCD monitor.
The cross keys enable you to navigate left, right, up or down. The key(s)
you use depend on the last menu command you used.
3. Highlight Date/Time/Zone and then press the Set button.
The Date/Time/Zone dialog box displays, and the month is selected
(shown at the right of Figure 1-8).
4. Press Set.
Up and down arrows appear above the current setting.
5. Set the month and then press Set.
The change is applied, and the up and down arrows disappear.
6. Navigate to the date setting (use the right cross key) and then repeat
Steps 4 and 5 to set the date.
Sometimes only one cross key will work. Moving through fields on a
setting screen, like Date/Time/Zone, is one of those times. You need to
use the right cross key to advance through these fields.
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