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You can use the camera’s built-in monitor screen to view
images after you record them.
Basic Playback Operation
Use the following procedure to scroll through files stored in
the camera’s memory.
1.
Press [ ] (PLAY) to
turn on the camera.
• This causes an image
or a message to appear
on the monitor screen.
• This enters the PLAY
mode.
2.
Use [왘] (forward) or [왗] (back) to scroll
through files on the monitor screen.
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NOTES
• Holding down [왗] or [왘] scrolls images at high
speed.
• In order to allow for faster playback image scrolling,
the image that initially appears on the monitor screen
is a preview image, which is of somewhat lower
quality than the actual display image. The actual
display image appears a short while after the preview
image. This does not apply to images copied from
another digital camera.
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Zooming the Display Image
Perform the following procedure to zoom the image
currently on the monitor screen up to four times its normal
size.
1.
In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] to display
the image you want.
2.
Slide the zoom
controller towards
to enlarge the image.
• This displays an
indicator that shows the
current zoom factor.
• You can toggle between
the zoomed image and
normal image by
pressing [DISP].
Current zoom factor
3.
Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and [왘] to shift the image
up, down, left, or right.
4.
Press [MENU] to return the image to its
original size.
IMPORTANT!
• You cannot enlarge a movie image.
• Depending on the original size of the recorded
image, you may not be able to zoom a display image
the full four times its normal size.
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Resizing an Image
You can use the following procedure to change a snapshot
image to either SXGA size (1280 x 960 pixels) or VGA size
(640 x 480 pixels).
• VGA is the optimum image size for attachment to e-mail
messages or incorporation into Web pages.
1.
In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2.
Select the “PLAY”
tab, select “Resize”,
and then press [왘].
3.
Use [왗] and [왘] to scroll through images and
display the one you want to resize.
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4.
Use [왖] and [왔] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
To do this:
Resize to 1280 x 960 pixels (SXGA)
Resize to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA)
Cancel the resizing operation
IMPORTANT!
• Resizing an image creates a new file that contains
the image in the size you select. The file with the
original image also remains in memory.
• Images smaller than 640 x 480 pixels cannot be
resized.
• Note that you can resize snapshots recorded with
this camera only.
• If the message “This function is not supported for this
file.” appears, it means that the current image cannot
be resized.
• The resize operation cannot be performed if there is
not enough memory to store the resized image.
• When you display a resized image on the camera’s
monitor screen, the date and time that the image was
resized appears on the screen. Note, however, that
the EXIF data* accompanying the resized image is
the data for the original (pre-resize) image.
* EXIF data is information about recording conditions
that is stored along with the image data. See page
154 for more information.
Select this:
1280 x 960
640 x 480
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Cropping an Image
Use the following procedure when you want to crop a
portion of an enlarged image and use the remaining part of
the image as an e-mail attachment, Web page image, etc.
1.
In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] to scroll
through images and display the one you want
to crop.
2.
Press [MENU].
3.
Select the “PLAY”
tab, select
“Trimming”, and then
press [왘].
• This causes a cropping
boundary to appear.
4.
Use the zoom controller to make the cropping
boundary larger or smaller.
• The size of the cropping boundary depends on the
size of the image on the display.
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5.
Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and [왘] to move the
cropping boundary up, down, left, or right
until the area of the image you want to extract
is within the boundary.
6.
Press [SET] to extract the part of the image
enclosed in the cropping boundary.
• If you want to cancel the procedure at any point,
press [MENU].
IMPORTANT!
• Cropping an image creates a new file that contains
the cropped image. The file with the original image
also remains in memory.
• A Movie mode image cannot be cropped.
• An image recorded using another camera model
cannot be cropped.
• If the message “This function is not supported for this
file.” appears, it means that the current image cannot
be cropped.
• The cropping operation cannot be performed if there
is not enough memory to store the cropped image.
• When you display a trimmed image on the camera’s
monitor screen, the date and time that the image was
trimmed appears on the screen. Note, however, that
the EXIF data* accompanying the trimmed image is
the data for the original (pre-trim) image.
* EXIF data is information about recording conditions
that is stored along with the image data. See page
154 for more information.
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Playing a Movie
Use the following procedure to play back a movie that was
recorded in the movie mode.
1.
In the PLAY mode,
press [왗] and [왘] to
scroll through images
until the movie you
want to play is
displayed.
2.
Press [SET].
• This starts playback of the movie.
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• You can perform the following operations while a
movie is playing.
To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse
the movie
Pause and unpause movie
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Skip forward or back one
frame while paused
Cancel playback
IMPORTANT!
• You cannot repeat play a movie. To play a movie
more than once, repeat the steps of the above
procedure.
Do this:
Hold down [왗] or
[왘].
Press [SET].
Press [왗] or [왘].
Press [MENU].
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Displaying the 9-image View
The following procedure displays nine images on the
monitor screen at the same time.
1.
In the PLAY mode, slide the zoom controller
towards ( ) briefly, and then release it.
• This displays the 9-image screen with the image that
was on the monitor screen in step 2 in the center,
with a selection boundary around it.
• Sliding the zoom controller twice towards ( )
displays the calendar screen.
• When there are nine or fewer images, they are
displayed in order with Image 1 in the upper left
corner, with the selection boundary around it.
2.
Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and [왘] to move the
selection boundary to the image you want.
Pressing [왘] while the selection boundary is
in the right column or [왗] while it is in the left
column scrolls to the next full screen of nine
images.
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Example: When there are 20 images in memory, and
17 18 19
20 1 2
3.
Pressing any button besides [왖], [왔], [왗], or
Image 1 is displayed first
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12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20
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[왘] displays the full-size version of the image
where the selection boundary is located.
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Selecting a Specific Image in the 9image View
1.
Display the 9-image view.
2.
Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and
[왘] to move the
selection boundary
up, down, left, or right
until it is located at
the image you want to
view.
3.
Pressing any button
besides [왖], [왔], [왗],
or [왘] displays the
selected image.
• This displays the fullsize version of the
image you selected.
Selection boundary
Displaying the Calendar Screen
Use the following procedure to display a 1-month calendar.
While the calendar is on the display, you can select a date,
which displays the first image recorded on that date. This
helps to make it easy to find the images you want.
1.
In the PLAY mode, slide the zoom controller
twice towards ( ).
• You can also display the calendar screen (in the
PLAY mode) by pressing [MENU], selecting the
“PLAY” tab, selecting “Calendar”, and then pressing
[왘].
2.
Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and
[왘] to move the date
selection cursor.
• Use the procedure
under “Changing the
Date Format” on page
124 to specify the date
format.
• The image displayed on
the calendar for each
date is the first image
that was recorded on
that date.
Date selection cursor
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• Pressing [왖] while the date selection cursor is
located anywhere in the top line of the calendar
causes the previous month to appear.
• Pressing [왔] while the date selection cursor is
located anywhere in the bottom line of the calendar
causes the next month to appear.
• To exit the calendar screen, press [MENU] or slide the
zoom controller towards ( ) briefly, and then
release it.
• appears in place of the image when the date
contains data that cannot be displayed by this
camera.
3.
To view the large version of a date’s image,
move the date selection cursor to the date,
and then press [SET].
• This displays the first image that was recorded on
the selected date.
Rotating the Display Image
Use the following procedure to rotate the image 90 degrees
and register the rotation information along with the image.
After you do this, the image is always displayed in its
rotated orientation.
1.
In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2.
Select the “PLAY” tab, select “Rotation”, and
then press [왘].
3.
Use [왗] and [왘] to scroll through images until
the one you want to rotate is on the monitor
screen.
4.
Select “Rotate”, and
then press [SET].
• This rotates the image
90 degrees to the right.
5.
After you are finished configuring settings,
press the [MENU] button to exit the setting
screen.
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IMPORTANT!
• You cannot rotate an image that is protected. To
rotate such an image, first unprotect it.
• You may not be able to rotate a digital image that
was recorded with another type of digital camera.
Using Image Roulette
Image Roulette cycles images like a slot machine on the
display, before stopping at one of them. When you start an
Image Roulette operation, images scroll randomly on the
screen. At first, images scroll at high speed. Then the
scrolling gradually slows down until a single image is
stopped on the screen. The image that finally appears is
random, and subject to no rules or system.
1.
While the camera is turned off, hold down [왗]
as you press [ ] (PLAY) to turn it on.
• Keep [왗] held down until images appear on the
monitor screen.
• This starts the Image Roulette operation, scrolling
images on the display, finally stopping at one.
2.
Press [왗] or [왘] to restart the Image Roulette
operation.
3.
To turn off Image Roulette, press [ ](REC) to
enter the REC mode or press the power
button to turn off the camera.
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IMPORTANT!
• Image Roulette does not play movie files.
• Image Roulette is disabled when there is only one
snapshot image available.
• Note that Image Roulette works only with images
recorded with this camera. Image Roulette may not
operate properly when other types of images are in
memory.
• If you do not start another Image Roulette operation
for about one minute after the final image appears,
the camera enters its normal PLAY mode.
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