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Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps
If you turn the camera over, you find a tripod socket, which enables you to
mount the camera on a tripod that uses a 1/4-inch screw, plus the battery
chamber.
Ordering from camera menus
Pressing the Menu button gives you access to a slew of options in addition to
those you control via the external buttons and dials. But what type of menu
screens you see depends on the setting of the Mode dial:
The next two sections provide an overview of using both types of menus.
Using the guided menus
The guided menus work much like interactive menus you encounter in other
areas of your life — on cellphones, bank machines, grocery-store self-checkout
kiosks, and the like — except that instead of pressing buttons on the screen,
you use the Multi Selector and OK button to make your menu selections. And
thankfully, your camera also doesn't nag you to hurry up and "please place the
item in the bagging area!" every 3 seconds.
To explore the guided menu feature,
set the Mode dial to Guide, as shown
in Figure 1-9 .
You see the initial guided menu
screen, shown on the left in
Figure 1-10 . Using the Multi Selector,
highlight one of these options:
✓
HDMI port: You can use this port to connect your camera to a high-
definition TV, but you need to buy an HDMI cable to do so. Look for a
Type C mini-pin cable. Chapter 9 offers details on television playback.
✓
Guide: Pressing the Menu button brings up the first screen of the guided
menus, which provide a simple, walk-me-through-it approach to using
the camera.
✓
All other settings: Pressing the Menu button brings up the normal, text-
based menus.
✓
Shoot: Select this icon to access
screens that walk you through
the process of choosing basic
picture-taking settings and shoot-
ing pictures.
✓
View/Delete: Select this category
to access picture-playback func-
tions and erase pictures from your
memory card.
Figure 1-9 :
Set the Mode dial to Guide to use
the guided menus.
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