3VQT0T50End User License Agreement ............ 2PreparationInformation for your safety ................ 5Introduction ......................................... 7Accessories ......................................... 9Parts identification and handling .... 10Inserting/Removing an SD card....... 14Inserting/Removing the Battery....... 16Charging the Battery......................... 17Turning the unit on/off...................... 18Selecting a mode............................... 20Using the LCD monitor ..................... 21Using the cursor button ................... 22One-touch navigationUsing the menu screen..................... 26Setting date and time........................ 28Adjusting LCD monitor..................... 29RecordingCheck before recording.................... 31Motion picture recording(MPEG2 motion pictures)............... 33Zoom in/out function ........................ 36This is for moving the zoom lever toadjust the magnification.Tele-macro function.......................... 37This is for bringing only what you wantto record into focus to take close-ups.Soft skin mode .................................. 38This makes skin colors appear softerfor a more attractive appearance.Backlight compensation function ... 39This is for protecting a backlit subjectfrom being darkened.Wind noise reduction function ........ 40This is for reducing the wind noisecoming into the microphone whenrecording.Wide mode ......................................... 40This is for selecting the screen’saspect ratio when recording motionpictures.Image stabilizer function .................. 41This is for reducing image shakesduring recording.MagicPix functions ........................... 42This allows recording in dark locations.Scene mode ....................................... 43This is for recording in varioussituations.Manual focus adjustment ................. 45This allows subjects to be focusedmanually.White balance .................................... 46This is for recording in natural colours.Manual shutter speed/apertureadjustment ...................................... 48Still picture recording(JPEG still pictures) ....................... 50Built-in flash ...................................... 54Self-timer recording .......................... 56This is for recording using the timer.PlaybackMotion picture playback(MPEG2 motion pictures)............... 57Still picture playback(JPEG still pictures) ....................... 60Deleting scenes................................. 62This is for deleting scenes recorded onSD cards.Locking scenes ................................. 64This is for preventing scenes frombeing deleted by mistake.Formatting an SD card ..................... 65This is for initializing (formatting)cards.DPOF setting ..................................... 66This is for writing the printing data onan SD card.PictBridge .......................................... 67This is for printing pictures by directlyconnecting to the printer.Playback on TV ................................. 70Using this unit’s recorded data onother devices .................................. 72This is for copying recordings from aDVD recorder’s SD card slot onto itshard disk.Contents