Table of Contents 3Commonly Used Shooting Functions 66Shooting with the Optical Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . . 67Magnified Close-Up Shooting (Digital Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . 70Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Shooting Close-Ups/Infinity Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Changing the Recording Pixels/Compression (Still Images) 75Configuring the Postcard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Embedding the Date in the Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Various Shooting Methods 81Shooting in Modes for Special Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Shooting in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Setting the Slow Synchro Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions(Focus Check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Switching between Focusing Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock). 100Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . . 103Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Reducing the Effects of Camera Shake (Auto ISO Shift) . . .105Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Setting the Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . . . . 109Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Changing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . . 121Registering Settings to the Print/Share Button . . . . . 122Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124