56 ENColor hue“Taking pictures with colors at the same shade asthey appear”Taking pictures by selecting white balance(p. 33)Best results in most environments can normallybe obtained with the [WB Auto] setting, but forsome subjects, you should try experimentingwith different settings. (This is especially true forsunshade under a clear sky, mixed natural andartificial light settings, and so on.)Image quality“Taking sharper pictures”Taking pictures with the optical zoomAvoid using digital zoom (p. 22, 36) to takepictures.Taking pictures at a low ISO sensitivityIf the picture is taken with a high ISO sensitivity,noise (small colored spots and color unevennessthat were not in the original image) can occur, andthe image can appear grainy. The resulting imageis grainier than with low ISO sensitivity as well.“Selecting the ISO sensitivity” (p. 33)Batteries“Making batteries last longer”Avoid any of the following operations when notactually taking pictures because they depletethe battery powerRepeatedly pressing the shutter buttonhalfwayRepeatedly using the zoomSet [Power Save] (p. 43) to [On]●●●●●●●Playback/Editing tipsPlayback“Playing images in the internal memory and card”Remove the card when playing pictures in theinternal memory“To remove the SD/SDHC memory card” (p. 13)Editing“Erasing the sound recorded to a still image”Record over the sound with silence whenplaying back the image“Adding sound to still images [R]” (p. 39)●●