Nikon B500 Reference Manual

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Reference Manual

• Read this manual thoroughly before using the camera.

• To ensure proper use of the camera, be sure to read “For

Your Safety” (page viii).

• After reading this manual, keep it in a readily accessible place for future reference.

Quick Topic Search

You can return to this page by tapping or clicking in the lower right of any page.

Main Topics

For Smart Device Users ....................................................................................................... iii

Introduction ............................................................................................................................. v

Table of Contents.................................................................................................................xii

Parts of the Camera ...............................................................................................................1

Getting Started........................................................................................................................ 9

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations....................................................................20

Shooting Features................................................................................................................27

Playback Features.................................................................................................................63

Movies ......................................................................................................................................75

Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer...........................................86

Using the Menu.....................................................................................................................97

Technical Notes.................................................................................................................. 143

Common Topics

For Your Safety What SnapBridge

Continuous

Shooting

Can Do for You

Editing Images

(Still Images)

Selecting a

Shooting Mode

Troubleshooting Index

Using the Zoom

Your images. The world. Connected

For Smart Device Users

Welcome to SnapBridge — Nikon’s new family of services to enrich your image experience. SnapBridge eliminates the barrier between your camera and compatible smart device, through a combination of Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) technology and a dedicated app. The stories you capture with your Nikon camera and lenses are automatically transferred to the device as they are taken. They can even be uploaded effortlessly to cloud storage services, inviting access across all your devices. You can share your excitement, when and where you want.

Download the SnapBridge app to get started!

Take advantage of the wide-ranging convenience by downloading the SnapBridge app onto your smart device now. Through a few simple steps, this app connects your Nikon cameras with a compatible iPhone®, iPad® and/or iPod touch® or smart devices running on the

Android available free from the website (http:// snapbridge.nikon.com), Apple App Store® and Google Play

For the latest information on SnapBridge, visit the Nikon website for your area (Avi).

operating system. The app is

For Smart Device Users

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The exciting image experience that SnapBridge offers…

Automatic picture transfer from camera to smart device thanks to the constant connection between the two devices — making online photo sharing easier than ever

Upload of photos and thumbnail images to the NIKON IMAGE SPACE cloud service

A range of services that enriches your imaging life, including:

• Camera remote control

• Imprinting up to two pieces of credit

information (e.g. copyright, comments, text and logos) on pictures

• Automatic update of camera’s date and time info and location info

• Receive camera’s firmware updates

For Smart Device Users

Introduction

Read This First

Thank you for purchasing the Nikon COOLPIX B500 digital camera.

Symbols and Conventions Used in This Manual

• Tap or click in the lower right of each page to display “Quick Topic Search” (Aii).

• Symbols

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This icon marks cautions and information that should be read before

using the camera.

This icon marks notes and information that should be read be fore using

the camera.

A This icon marks other pages containing relevant information.

• SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards are referred to as “memory cards” in this manual.

• The setting at the time of purchase is referred to as the “default setting.”

• The names of menu items displayed on the camera screen, and the names of

buttons or messages displayed on a computer screen appear in bold.

• In this manual, images are sometimes omitted from screen display samples so that screen indicators can be more clearly shown.

Introduction

Read This First

Information and Precautions

Life-Long Learning

As part of Nikon’s “Life-Long Learning” commitment to ongoing product support and education, continually updated information is available online at the following websites:

• For users in the U.S.A.: http://www.nikonusa.com/

• For users in Europe: http://www.europe-nikon.com/support/

• For users in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa: http://www.nikon-asia.com/

Visit these websites to keep up-to-date with the latest product information, tips, answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), and general advice on digital imaging and photography. Additional information may be available from the Nikon representative in your area. Visit the website below for contact information.

http://imaging.nikon.com/

Use Only Nikon Brand Electronic Accessories

Nikon COOLPIX cameras are designed to the highest standards and include complex electronic circuitry. Only Nikon brand electronic accessories (including battery chargers, batteries, and AC adapters) certified by Nikon specifically for use with this Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to operate within the operational and safety requirements of this electronic circuitry.

THE USE OF NON-NIKON ELECTRONIC ACCESSORIES COULD DAMAGE THE CAMERA AND

MAY VOID YOUR

For more information about Nikon brand accessories, contact a local authorized Nikon dealer.

Before Taking Important Pictures

Before taking pictures on important occasions (such as at weddings or before taking the camera on a trip), take a test shot to ensure that the camera is functioning normally. Nikon will not be held liable for damages or lost profits that may result from product malfunction.

NIKON WARRANTY.

Introduction

Read This First

About the Manuals

• No part of the manuals included with this product may be reproduced, transmitted,

transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without Nikon’s prior written permission.

• Illustrations and screen content shown in this manual may differ from the actual product.

• Nikon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software

described in these manuals at any time and without prior notice.

• Nikon will not be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this product.

• While every effort was made to ensure that the information in these manuals is accurate

and complete, we would appreciate it were you to bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Nikon representative in your area (address provided separately).

Comply with Copyright Notices

Under copyright law, photographs or recordings of copyrighted works made with the camera can not be used without the permission of the copyright holder. Exceptions apply to personal use, but note that even personal use may be restricted in the case of photographs or recordings of exhibits or live performances.

Disposing of Data Storage Devices

Please note that deleting images or formatting data storage devices such as memory cards or built-in camera memory does not completely erase the original image data. Deleted files can sometimes be recovered from discarded storage devices using commercially available software, potentially resulting in the malicious use of personal image data. Ensuring the privacy of such data is the user’s responsibility.

Before discarding a data storage device or transferring ownership to another person, make sure to reset all of the camera’s settings in Reset all in the setup menu (A98). After resetting, erase all data in the device using commercial deletion software, or format the device in Format memory or Format card in the setup menu (A98), then completely refill it with images containing no private information (for example, images of empty sky).

Care should be taken to avoid injury or damage to property when physically destroying memory cards.

Conformity Marking

Follow the procedure below to display some of the conformity markings that the camera complies with. Press the d button M z menu icon M Conformity marking M k button

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Introduction

Read This First

For Your Safety

To prevent damage to property or injury to yourself or to others, read “For Your Safety” in its entirety before using this product. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use this product will read them.

Failure to observe the precautions marked

DANGER

WARNING

CAUTION

• Do not use while walking or operating a motor vehicle. Failure to observe this precaution could result in accidents or other injury.

• Do not disassemble or modify this product. Do not touch internal parts that become exposed as the result of a fall or other accident. Failure to observe these precautions could result in electric shock or other injury.

• Should you notice any abnormalities such as the product producing smoke, heat, or unusual odors, immediately disconnect the batteries or power source. Continued operation could result in fire, burns or other injury.

• Keep dry. Do not handle with wet hands. Do not handle the plug with wet hands. Failure to observe these precautions could result in fire or electric shock.

• Do not let your skin remain in prolonged contact with this product while it is on or plugged in. Failure to observe this precaution could result in low-temperature burns.

• Do not use this product in the presence of flammable dust or gas such as propane, gasoline or aerosols. Failure to observe this precaution could result in explosion or fire.

• Do not aim the flash at the operator of a motor vehicle. Failure to observe this precaution could result in accidents.

with this icon carries a high risk of death or severe injury.

Failure to observe the precautions marked with this icon could result in death or severe injury.

Failure to observe the precautions marked with this icon could result in injury or property damage.

WARNING

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• Keep this product out of reach of children. Failure to observe this precaution could result in injury or product malfunction. In addition, note that small parts constitute a choking hazard. Should a child swallow any part of this product, seek immediate medical attention.

• Do not entangle, wrap or twist the straps around your neck. Failure to observe this precaution could result in accidents.

• Do not use batteries, chargers, or AC adapters not specifically designated for use with this product. When using batteries, chargers, and AC adapters designated for use with this product, do not:

- Damage, modify, forcibly tug or bend the cords or cables, place them under

heavy objects, or expose them to heat or flame.

- Use travel converters or adapters designed to convert from one voltage to

another or with DC-to-AC inverters.

Failure to observe these precautions could result in fire or electric shock.

• Do not handle the plug when using the AC adapter during thunderstorms. Failure to observe this precaution could result in electric shock.

• Do not handle with bare hands in locations exposed to extremely high or low temperatures. Failure to observe this precaution could result in burns or frostbite.

CAUTION

• Turn this product off when its use is prohibited. Disable wireless features when the use of wireless equipment is prohibited. The radio-frequency emissions produced by this product could interfere with equipment onboard aircraft or in hospitals or other medical facilities.

• Remove the batteries and disconnect the AC adapter if this product will not be used for an extended period. Failure to observe this precaution could result in fire or product malfunction.

• Do not touch moving parts of the lens or other moving parts. Failure to observe this precaution could result in injury.

• Do not fire the flash in contact with or in close proximity to the skin or objects. Failure to observe this precaution could result in burns or fire.

• Do not leave the product where it will be exposed to extremely high temperatures, for an extended period such as in an enclosed automobile or in direct sunlight. Failure to observe this precaution could result in fire or product malfunction.

Introduction

For Your Safety

DANGER for Batteries

• Do not mishandle batteries. Failure to observe the following precautions could result in the batteries leaking, overheating, rupturing, or catching fire:

- Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries.

- Do not expose batteries to flame or excessive heat.

- Do not disassemble.

- Do not short circuit the terminals by touching them to necklaces, hairpins, or

other metal objects.

- Do not expose batteries or the products in which they are inserted to powerful

physical shocks.

• Recharge all EN-MH2 rechargeable batteries in each pack of four simultaneously. Failure to observe this precaution could result in the batteries leaking, overheating, rupturing, or catching fire.

• If battery liquid comes into contact with the eyes, rinse with plenty of clean water and seek immediate medical attention. Delaying action could result in eye injuries.

WARNING for Batteries

• Do not remove or damage the battery casing. Never use batteries with damaged casing. Failure to observe this precaution could result in the batteries leaking, overheating, rupturing, or catching fire.

• Keep batteries out of reach of children. Should a child swallow a battery, seek immediate medical attention.

• Do not immerse this product in water or expose to rain. Failure to observe this precaution could result in fire or product malfunction. Immediately dry the product with a towel or similar object should it become wet.

• Discontinue use immediately should you notice any changes in the batteries, such as discoloration or deformation. Cease charging EN-MH2 rechargeable batteries if they do not charge in the specified period of time. Failure to observe this precaution could result in the batteries leaking, overheating, rupturing, or catching fire.

• Insert batteries in the correct orientation. Do not mix old and new batteries or batteries of different types. Failure to observe this precaution could result in the batteries leaking, overheating, rupturing, or catching fire.

• Prior to disposal, insulate battery terminals with tape. Overheating, rupture, or fire may result should metal objects come into contact with the terminals. Recycle or dispose of batteries in accord with local regulations.

Introduction

For Your Safety

• If battery liquid comes into contact with a person’s skin or clothing, immediately rinse the affected area with plenty of clean water. Failure to observe this precaution could result in skin irritation.

Introduction

For Your Safety

Table of Contents

Quick Topic Search ............................................................................................................... ii

Main Topics...................................................................................................................................................................... ii

Common Topics ........................................................................................................................................................... ii

For Smart Device Users ...................................................................................................... iii

Introduction ............................................................................................................................ v

Read This First .......................................................................................................................................... v

Symbols and Conventions Used in This Manual ...................................................................................... v

Information and Precautions ............................................................................................................................... vi

For Your Safety ..................................................................................................................................... viii

Parts of the Camera .............................................................................................................. 1

The Camera Body.................................................................................................................................... 2

The Monitor .............................................................................................................................................. 4

Switching the Information Displayed on the Screen (s Button)........................................... 4

For Shooting.................................................................................................................................................................... 5

For Playback..................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Getting Started....................................................................................................................... 9

How to Attach the Camera Strap and Lens Cap ........................................................................ 10

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card.................................................................................... 11

Applicable Batteries................................................................................................................................................. 11

Removing the Batteries or Memory Card................................................................................................... 12

Memory Cards and Internal Memory............................................................................................................ 12

Changing the Angle of the Monitor............................................................................................... 13

Camera Setup......................................................................................................................................... 14

Setup from a Smartphone or Tablet ............................................................................................................. 14

Setup from the Camera Menus ........................................................................................................................ 16

What SnapBridge Can Do for You................................................................................................................... 18

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Basic Shooting and Playback Operations................................................................... 20

Shooting Images................................................................................................................................... 21

Using the Flash ........................................................................................................................................................... 23

Recording Movies ..................................................................................................................................................... 23

Playing Back Images ............................................................................................................................ 24

Deleting Images .................................................................................................................................... 25

The Image Selection Screen for Deletion .................................................................................................. 26

Shooting Features............................................................................................................... 27

Selecting a Shooting Mode............................................................................................................... 28

A (Auto) Mode .................................................................................................................................... 29

Using the Creative Slider ...................................................................................................................................... 29

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions) ................................................ 31

Tips and Notes About Scene Mode............................................................................................................... 32

Shooting with Easy Panorama .......................................................................................................................... 38

Playback with Easy Panorama ........................................................................................................................... 40

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)................................................................... 41

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)....................................... 43

Using Smile Timer ..................................................................................................................................................... 44

Using Self-Collage..................................................................................................................................................... 45

Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector ............................................................... 46

Flash Mode.............................................................................................................................................. 47

Self-timer ................................................................................................................................................. 49

Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures) ...................................................................................... 51

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) ...................................................................... 52

Using the Zoom..................................................................................................................................... 53

Focusing................................................................................................................................................... 55

The Shutter-release Button ................................................................................................................................. 55

Using Target Finding AF ....................................................................................................................................... 55

Using Face Detection ............................................................................................................................................. 56

Using Skin Softening ............................................................................................................................................... 57

Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus ............................................................................................................. 57

Focus Lock..................................................................................................................................................................... 58

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)............................................................. 59

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting...................................... 61

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Playback Features................................................................................................................ 63

Playback Zoom ...................................................................................................................................... 64

Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display......................................................................................... 65

List by Date Mode................................................................................................................................. 66

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence............................................................................. 67

Viewing Images in a Sequence......................................................................................................................... 67

Deleting Images in a Sequence ....................................................................................................................... 68

Editing Images (Still Images) ............................................................................................................ 69

Before Editing Images ............................................................................................................................................ 69

Quick Effects: Changing Hue or Mood ........................................................................................................ 69

Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation .......................................................................... 70

D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast ................................................................................... 70

Red-eye Correction: Correcting Red-eye When Shooting with the Flash............................. 71

Glamour Retouch: Enhancing Human Faces ........................................................................................... 71

Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image ......................................................................................... 73

Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy....................................................................................................................... 74

Movies ..................................................................................................................................... 75

Basic Operations of Movie Recording and Movie Playback .................................................. 76

Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies ....................................................................... 79

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies) .................. 80

Using Special Effects................................................................................................................................................ 82

Operations During Movie Playback ............................................................................................... 83

Editing Movies ....................................................................................................................................... 84

Extracting Only the Desired Portion of a Movie..................................................................................... 84

Saving a Frame from a Movie as a Still Image ......................................................................................... 85

Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer.......................................... 86

Utilizing Images..................................................................................................................................... 87

Viewing Images on a TV ..................................................................................................................... 88

Printing Images Without a Computer ........................................................................................... 90

Connecting the Camera to a Printer ............................................................................................................. 90

Printing Images One at a Time ......................................................................................................................... 91

Printing Multiple Images ...................................................................................................................................... 92

Transferring Images to a Computer (ViewNX-i)......................................................................... 94

Installing ViewNX-i.................................................................................................................................................... 94

Transferring Images to a Computer .............................................................................................................. 94

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Using the Menu.................................................................................................................... 97

Menu Operations.................................................................................................................................. 98

The Image Selection Screen ............................................................................................................................ 100

Menu Lists ............................................................................................................................................ 101

The Shooting Menu.............................................................................................................................................. 101

The Movie Menu..................................................................................................................................................... 102

The Playback Menu............................................................................................................................................... 102

The Network Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 103

The Setup Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 104

The Shooting Menu (The Common Shooting Options)....................................................... 105

Image Mode (Image Size and Quality)...................................................................................................... 105

The Shooting Menu (for A (Auto) Mode)............................................................................... 106

White Balance (Adjusting Hue)...................................................................................................................... 106

Continuous Shooting .......................................................................................................................................... 108

ISO Sensitivity ........................................................................................................................................................... 110

AF Area Mode........................................................................................................................................................... 111

Autofocus Mode ..................................................................................................................................................... 114

The Smart Portrait Menu................................................................................................................. 115

Self-Collage ................................................................................................................................................................ 115

Blink Proof ................................................................................................................................................................... 116

The Movie Menu ................................................................................................................................ 117

Movie Options.......................................................................................................................................................... 117

Autofocus Mode ..................................................................................................................................................... 121

Movie VR ...................................................................................................................................................................... 122

Wind Noise Reduction ........................................................................................................................................ 122

Frame Rate.................................................................................................................................................................. 123

The Playback Menu........................................................................................................................... 124

Mark for Upload....................................................................................................................................................... 124

Slide Show .................................................................................................................................................................. 125

Protect........................................................................................................................................................................... 126

Rotate Image............................................................................................................................................................. 126

Copy (Copy Between the Memory Card and Internal Memory)............................................... 127

Sequence Display Options ............................................................................................................................... 128

The Network Menu ........................................................................................................................... 129

Operating the Text Input Keyboard............................................................................................................ 130

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The Setup Menu................................................................................................................................. 131

Time Zone and Date ............................................................................................................................................ 131

Monitor Settings ..................................................................................................................................................... 133

Date Stamp ................................................................................................................................................................ 134

Photo VR ...................................................................................................................................................................... 135

AF Assist ....................................................................................................................................................................... 135

Digital Zoom ............................................................................................................................................................. 136

Sound Settings......................................................................................................................................................... 136

Auto Off........................................................................................................................................................................ 137

Format Card/Format Memory ........................................................................................................................ 138

Language .................................................................................................................................................................... 138

Image Comment .................................................................................................................................................... 139

Copyright Information ........................................................................................................................................ 140

Location Data ........................................................................................................................................................... 141

Reset All........................................................................................................................................................................ 141

Battery Type............................................................................................................................................................... 142

Conformity Marking.............................................................................................................................................. 142

Firmware Version.................................................................................................................................................... 142

Technical Notes................................................................................................................. 143

Notices................................................................................................................................................... 144

Notes About Wireless Communication Functions ................................................................ 146

Caring for the Product ..................................................................................................................... 149

The Camera................................................................................................................................................................ 149

Batteries........................................................................................................................................................................ 150

Memory Cards.......................................................................................................................................................... 151

Cleaning and Storage....................................................................................................................... 152

Cleaning....................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Storage.......................................................................................................................................................................... 152

Error Messages.................................................................................................................................... 153

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................ 156

File Names............................................................................................................................................ 162

Optional Accessories ........................................................................................................................ 163

Specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 164

Memory Cards That Can Be Used................................................................................................................. 168

Index....................................................................................................................................................... 170

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Parts of the Camera

The Camera Body ...................................................................................................................2

The Monitor..............................................................................................................................4

Parts of the Camera

The Camera Body

Zoom control................................................ 53

f : Wide-angle...................................... 53

g : Telephoto......................................... 53

h : Thumbnail playback.................. 65

i : Playback zoom.............................. 64

Shutter-release button............................ 22

Eyelet for camera strap ........................... 10

Power switch/power-on lamp ...........14

Self-timer lamp ............................................ 49

AF-assist illuminator

Mode dial ................................................ 21, 28

Microphone (stereo)

Flash.............................................................23, 47

N-Mark (NFC antenna) ............................ 15

m (flash pop-up) button..................23, 47

Side zoom control ..................................... 53

q (snap-back zoom) button.............. 54

Lens

433

7 8

1113

Parts of the Camera

The Camera Body

1314

52 43

16 15

Monitor........................................................ 4, 13

Speaker

s (display) button ................................ 4

Flash lamp....................................................... 47

b (e movie-record) button.............76

c (playback) button .............................. 24

DC input connector (for AC adapter available separately

from Nikon) ................................................. 163

HDMI micro connector (Type D)......87

USB/audio/video output connector

............................................................................... 87

Connector cover......................................... 87

Multi selector ................................................ 98

k (apply selection) button................. 98

l (delete) button ...................................... 25

d (menu) button.................................. 98

Battery-chamber/

memory card slot cover ......................... 11

Tripod socket ..............................................166

Parts of the Camera

The Camera Body

The Monitor

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movie in a frame.

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Show information Tone level information

(except movies)

Display a histogram,

tone level and shooting

information (A8).

Hide information

The information that is displayed on the shooting or playback screen changes depending on the camera’s settings and state of use.

Switching the Information Displayed on the Screen (s Button)

To switch the information displayed on the screen during shooting or playback, press the s (display) button.

For Shooting

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For Shooting

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Shooting mode ........................................... 28

Flash mode..................................................... 47

Macro mode.................................................. 51

Zoom indicator.................................... 51, 53

Focus indicator.............................................22

Movie options (normal speed movies)

............................................................................ 117

Movie options (HS movies) ............... 118

Image mode............................................... 105

Easy panorama............................................. 38

Photo VR icon ............................................ 135

Movie VR icon............................................ 122

Wind noise reduction ........................... 122

Exposure compensation value

................................................................29, 43, 52

Remaining movie recording time.... 76

Number of exposures remaining

(still images)................................................... 21

Internal memory indicator ................... 21

Framing border (Moon or Birdwatching scene mode, or snap-back

zoom)..........................................................37, 54

Travel destination icon..........................131

ISO sensitivity..............................................110

Battery level indicator.............................. 21

“Date not set” indicator ........................157

Date stamp...................................................134

Bluetooth communication indicator

.....................................................................19, 129

Wi-Fi communication indicator

.....................................................................19, 129

Location data..............................................141

Airplane mode ...................................19, 129

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The Monitor

Parts of the Camera

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Focus area (manual or center)

.....................................................................58, 111

Focus area (target finding AF)

.....................................................................55, 112

Focus area (face detection,

pet detection).....................36, 43, 56, 111

Focus area (subject tracking)

..................................................................112, 113

F-number......................................................... 55

Shutter speed ............................................... 55

View/hide framing grid........................ 133

Soft ......................................................................43

Active D-Lighting ....................................... 29

Foundation makeup................................. 43

White balance............................................ 106

Hue......................................................................29

Skin softening............................................... 43

Special effects............................................... 82

Vividness.......................................................... 29

Continuous shooting mode...... 36, 108

Blink proof icon .........................................116

Hand-held/tripod................................32, 33

Backlighting (HDR) .................................... 33

Multiple exp. Lighten............................... 34

Still image capture

(during movie recording)...................... 79

Self-timer indicator.................................... 49

Smile timer ..................................................... 44

Self-Collage.......................................... 45, 115

Self-portrait timer....................................... 49

Pet portrait auto release......................... 36

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45 44

HDR

120

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The Monitor

For Playback

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List by date icon .......................................... 66

Protect icon................................................. 126

Sequence display (when Individual

pictures is selected) ............................. 128

Glamour retouch icon ............................. 71

Quick effects icon....................................... 69

D-Lighting icon............................................ 70

Quick retouch icon.................................... 70

Red-eye correction icon......................... 71

Internal memory indicator

Current image number/ total number of images

Movie length or elapsed playback time

Volume indicator ........................................ 83

Image mode................................................105

Movie options ............................................117

Easy panorama ............................................ 40

Small picture icon ...................................... 73

Crop icon..................................................64, 74

Easy panorama playback guide Sequence playback guide Movie playback guide

Quick effects guide

Time of recording

Date of recording

Battery level indicator.............................. 21

File number and type............................162

Recorded location data indicator ...141

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The Monitor

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Tone Level Information Display

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Current image number/ total number of images

Histogram

Ton e le vel

ISO sensitivity ............................................. 110

White balance............................................ 106

Image mode............................................... 105

Time of recording.............................14, 131

Date of recording.............................14, 131

File number and type............................162

Exposure compensation value .......... 52

Shooting mode ........................................... 28

Shutter speed ............................................... 55

F-number ........................................................ 55

You can check for loss of contrast detail in highlights and shadows from the histogram that is displayed, or the display for the tone level. These provide guidelines when adjusting the image brightness with functions such as exposure compensation.

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A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.

The tone level indicates the brightness level.

Parts of the Camera

The Monitor

Getting Started

How to Attach the Camera Strap and Lens Cap........................................................10

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card ...................................................................11

Changing the Angle of the Monitor ..............................................................................13

Camera Setup ........................................................................................................................14

Getting Started

How to Attach the Camera Strap and Lens Cap

Attach the strap at two places.

Attach the lens cap to the camera strap, and then attach the strap to the camera.

B Lens Cap

When the camera is not in use, attach the lens cap to the lens to protect it.

Getting Started

How to Attach the Camera Strap and Lens Cap

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card

Memory card slot

• Hold the camera upside down to prevent the batteries from falling out, confirm that the positive (+) and negative (–) terminals of the batteries are oriented correctly, and insert the batteries.

• Slide the memory card in until it clicks into place (5).

• Be careful not to insert the batteries or memory card upside-down or backward, as

this could cause a malfunction.

• When closing the cover, slide it while securely holding down the area marked 7.

B Formatting a Memory Card

The first time you insert a memory card that has been used in another device into this camera, make sure to format it with this camera.

• Note that formatting a memory card permanently deletes all images and other

data on the memory card. Be sure to make copies of any images you wish to keep

before formatting the memory card.

• Insert the memory card into the camera, press the d button, and select Format card in

the setup menu (A98).

Applicable Batteries

• Four LR6/L40 (AA-size) alkaline batteries (included batteries*)

• Four FR6/L91 (AA-size) lithium batteries

• Four EN-MH2 Rechargeable Ni-MH (nickel metal hydride) batteries

EN-MH1 Rechargeable Ni-MH batteries cannot be used.

* Although the batteries are described as being “included” in this manual, the batteries may

not be included depending on the country or region in which the camera was purchased.

Getting Started

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card

B Notes About the Batteries

Batteries with insulation that does not cover the area around the negative terminal

Batteries with peeling Batteries with a flat

negative terminal

• Do not combine old and new batteries or batteries of different makes or types.

• Batteries with the following defects cannot be used:

B Notes About EN-MH2 Rechargeable Ni-MH Batteries

When using EN-MH2 batteries with the camera, charge four batteries at a time using MH-73 Battery Charger (A150).

C Alkaline Batteries

Performance of alkaline batteries may vary greatly depending on the brand.

Removing the Batteries or Memory Card

Turn the camera off and make sure that the power-on lamp and screen have turned off, and then open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover.

• Gently push the memory card into the camera to partially eject the memory card.

• Be careful when handling the camera, batteries, and memory card immediately

after using the camera, as they may be hot.

Memory Cards and Internal Memory

Camera data, including images and movies, can be saved either on a memory card or in the camera’s internal memory. To use the camera’s internal memory, remove the memory card.

Getting Started

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card

Changing the Angle of the Monitor

The angle of the monitor can be lowered down to approx. 85° or raised upward to approx. 90°.

B Notes About the Monitor

• Do not apply excessive force when changing the angle of the monitor.

• The monitor cannot be moved to the left or right.

• Put the monitor back in the original position when using in normal situations.

Getting Started

Changing the Angle of the Monitor

Camera Setup

Multi selector

k button (apply selection)

RightLeft

Down

Power switch

Setup from a Smartphone or Tablet

• Before proceeding, install the SnapBridge app (Aiii) and enable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on your smartphone or tablet (below, “smart device”).

• The camera and smart device screens shown in this manual may differ from those of the actual products.

1 Turn the camera on.

• Use the multi selector to select and adjust settings.

• A language selection dialog will be displayed. Press

H or I on the multi selector to highlight a language and press k to select.

• The language can be changed at any time using

the Language option in the setup menu (A98).

2 Press k when the dialog at right is

displayed.

• If you do not wish to use a smart device to

configure the camera, press d (A16).

Getting Started

Camera Setup

Language

Cancel

Use SnapBridge to send photos to your smart device and share them online.

To skip this screen and set SnapBridge later from the Network menu, press MENU.

LaterLater

Set

3 Pair (i.e., establish a Bluetooth link between) the camera and the

Connect to Camera

Camera name

Camera

smart device.

• Android Devices with NFC Support

After checking that NFC is enabled on the smart device, touch the camera Y (N-Mark) to the NFC antenna on the smart device to launch the SnapBridge app.

- If the SnapBridge download site is displayed, download and install the app before repeating the above steps.

• iOS Devices and Android Devices Without NFC Support

Press the camera k button. The camera will wait for a connection; launch the SnapBridge app on the smart device and follow the on-screen instructions to tap the name of the camera you want to pair with.

App SnapBridge Camera

On your smart device, go to the app store and search for SnapBridge. After installing, open the SnapBridge app.

CancelCancel

4 Check the authentication code.

• After confirming that the camera and smart device display the same six-digit authentication code, follow the steps below to complete pairing (note that the code may not be displayed in some versions of iOS, but you should follow the steps below even if the code is not displayed).

- On the camera, press k.

- On the smart device, tap Pairing (the name of

the button varies with the smart device).

Getting Started

Camera Setup

Auth. code

000000

Confirm that the same authentication code is displayed on the smart device and press OK.

CancelCancel

OKOK

5 Press k when the dialog at right is

displayed.

• When a constant connection between the camera and smart device is established, the dialog at right is displayed.

• If the camera displays Could not connect., press k to return to Step 3. To cancel pairing settings, press d.

Your camera and smart device are connected! SnapBridge will send your photos to your smart device as they are taken.

6 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup

process.

• To record location data with photographs, select Yes when prompted and enable the location data features both in the SnapBridge app and on the smart device itself (for more information, see the documentation provided with the smart device).

• You can also synchronize the camera clock to the time reported by the smart device by selecting Yes when prompted and enabling synchronization in the SnapBridge app. If you select No, set the camera clock from the menus as described in Step 2 on page 17.

• Setup is complete when the camera returns to the shooting display.

• See page 18 for more information on using SnapBridge.

Setup from the Camera Menus

The camera clock can be set manually.

1 Turn the camera on (A14).

• A language selection dialog will be displayed. Press

H or I on the multi selector (A14) to highlight a language and press k to select.

• The language can be changed at any time using the Language option in the setup menu (A98).

Language

Cancel

Getting Started

Camera Setup

2 Press d when the dialog

at right is displayed.

• Select Yes when prompted to set the camera clock.

Use SnapBridge to send photos to your smart device and share them online.

To skip this screen and set SnapBridge later from the Network menu, press MENU.

LaterLater

Set

3 Highlight your home time zone and

press k.

• To tur n daylight saving tim e on press H; W will be displayed at the top of the map. Press I to turn daylight saving time off.

London, Casablanca

Back

4 Press H or I to choose a date format and press k. 5 Enter the current date and time and

press k.

• Press J or K to highlight items and press H or I to change.

• Press k to set the clock.

Date and time

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Edit

6 When prompted, press H or I to highlight Yes and press k.

• The camera exits to the shooting display when setup is complete.

C Resetting the Clock

The Time zone and date option in the setup menu can be used to choose the time zone and set the camera clock.

Daylight saving time can be turned on or off in the Time zone menu.

Getting Started

Camera Setup

What SnapBridge Can Do for You

The SnapBridge app can be used for a variety of tasks once the camera has been paired with your smart device.

Auto Upload

At default settings, pictures will automatically be uploaded to the smart device as they are taken.

• Place the smart device close to the camera and launch the SnapBridge app.

Option Description

Disabling auto upload

Upload options

Selecting pictures for upload

Resizing pictures for upload

Embedding photo info

Auto upload can be disabled using the Send while shooting > Still images option in the camera network

menu (A98).

Use the Send while shooting > Upload (photos) item in the camera network menu to choose the types of pictures automatically uploaded.

You can use this option to automatically upload selected pictures that were not uploaded during shooting.

• Use the Mark for upload option in the camera

playback menu (A98) to select pictures.

• The constant connection ensures that upload will continue even when the camera is off.

Use the SnapBridge app to choose the size at which pictures are copied to the smart device. The default size is 2 megapixels.

Use the SnapBridge app to choose the information imprinted on photographs copied to the smart device. Comments and copyright information can be entered in advance from the camera setup menu. You can also imprint text entered in the SnapBridge app.

B Notes About Auto Upload

Movies cannot be uploaded using the Send while shooting or Mark for upload options. To upload movies to a smart device, use the SnapBridge app.

Getting Started

Camera Setup

Wireless Networks

Option Description

To pair the camera with a smart device (for example, with a new device or if you did not opt to pair with a smart

Pairing

Uploading pictures via Wi-Fi

device during setup), select Connect to smart device in the camera network menu and follow the instructions on page 15, starting with Step 3. The camera can be paired with up to five smart devices, but can connect to only one at a time.

A Wi-Fi connection is recommended for large-volume uploads. Follow the on-screen instructions in the SnapBridge app to switch to a Wi-Fi connection.

• The Wi-Fi > Network settings item in the camera network menu contains Auth./encryp. and

Password options. The default option for Auth./ encryp. is WPA2-PSK-AES.

B Where the Use of Wireless Devices Is Prohibited

Where the use of wireless devices is prohibited, disable wireless features in the camera network menu by selecting On for Airplane mode. This will temporarily interrupt the constant connection with the smart device, but the connection is automatically reestablished when airplane mode is turned off.

Other Options for the SnapBridge App

Option Description

Remote photography

Viewing the pictures on the camera

• See SnapBridge app online help for more information.

Use the smart device to release the camera shutter. Before performing remote photography, turn the camera on.

Use the smart device to view and download the pictures on the camera. This option is available even when the camera is off.

Getting Started

Camera Setup

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images...................................................................................................................21

Playing Back Images............................................................................................................24

Deleting Images....................................................................................................................25

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images

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2 5m 0s

Battery level indicator

Number of exposures

remaining

A (auto) mode is used here as an example. A (auto) mode enables you to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions.

1 Rotate the mode dial to A.

• Battery level indicator

b: The battery level is high. B: The battery level is low.

• Number of exposures remaining

C is d ispla yed w hen no memo ry car d is i nsert ed in the camera, and images are saved in the internal memory.

• Press the s (display) button to switch the

information displayed on the screen each time.

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2 Hold the camera steady.

• Keep fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, AF-assist illuminator, microphone, and speaker.

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images

3 Frame the picture.

Zoom out Zoom in

Zoom in

Zoom out

q button

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Focus area

• Move the zoom control or the side zoom control to change the zoom lens position.

• If you lose sight of the subject while shooting with the lens in telephoto position,

press the q (snap-back zoom) button to temporarily widen the visible area so that you can frame the subject more easily.

4 Press the shutter-release button

halfway.

• To press the shutter-release button “halfway” means to press and hold the button at the point where you feel a slight resistance.

• When the subject is in focus, the focus area or focus indicator is displayed in green.

• When you are using digital zoom, the camera focuses in the center of the frame and the focus area is not displayed.

• If the focus area or focus indicator flashes, the camera is unable to focus. Modify the composition and try pressing the shutter-release button halfway again.

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5 Without lifting your finger, press the

shutter-release button all the way down.

B Notes About Saving Images or Movies

The indicator showing the number of exposures remaining or the indicator showing the remaining recording time flashes while images or movies are being saved. Do not open

the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover or remove the batteries or memory card while an indicator is flashing. Doing this could result in loss of data, or in damage to the

camera or the memory card.

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images

C The Auto Off Function

• When no operations are performed for about one minute, the screen turns off, the camera enters standby mode, and then the power-on lamp flashes. The camera turns off after remaining in standby mode for about three minutes.

• To turn the screen back on while the camera is in standby mode, perform an operation such as pressing the power switch or shutter-release button.

C When Using a Tripod

• We recommend using a tripod to stabilize the camera in the following situations:

- When the flash is lower ed in dark locations or when using a shooting mode in which the

flash does not fire

- When the zoom is at a telephoto position

• When using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting, set Photo VR to Off in the setup menu (A98) to prevent potential errors caused by this function.

Using the Flash

In situations where a flash is needed, such as in dark locations or when the subject is backlit, press the m (flash pop-up) button to raise the flash.

• When not using the flash, gently push to lower the flash

until it clicks shut.

Recording Movies

Display the shooting screen and press the b (e movie-record) button to start recording a movie. Press the b (e) button again to end recording.

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images

Playing Back Images

Display the previous image

Display the next image

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1 Press the c (playback) button to enter

playback mode.

• If you press and hold down the c button while

the camera is turned off, the camera turns on in playback mode.

2 Use the multi selector to select an

image to display.

• Press and hold down HIJK to scroll through

the images quickly.

• Press the s (display) button to switch the

information displayed on the screen each time.

• To play back a recorded movie, press the k button.

• To return to shooting mode, press the c button

or shutter-release button.

• When e is displayed in full-frame playback

mode, you can press the k button to apply an effect to the image.

• Move the zoom control toward g (i)

in full-frame playback mode to zoom in on an image.

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• In full-frame playback mode, move

the zoom control toward f (h) to switch to thumbnail playback mode and display multiple images on the screen.

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Playing Back Images

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Delete

Current image

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1 Press the l (delete) button to delete

the image currently displayed on the screen.

2 Use the multi selector HI to select the

desired deletion method and press the k button.

• To exit without deleting, press the d button.

3 Select Yes and press the k button.

• Deleted images cannot be recovered.

B Deleting Images in a Sequence

• Images captured continuously, or with the multiple exp. lighten, creative mode, or self-collage function, are saved as a sequence, and only one image in the sequence (the key picture) is displayed in playback mode (default setting).

• If you press the l button while a key picture is displayed for a sequence of images, all images in the sequence are deleted.

• To delete individual images in a sequence, press the k button to display them one at a time and press the l button.

C Deleting the Image Captured While in Shooting Mode

When using shooting mode, press the l button to delete the last image that was saved.

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Deleting Images

Erase 1 image?

Yes

The Image Selection Screen for Deletion

1 Use the multi selector JK to select the

Erase selected images

image that you want to delete.

• Move the zoom control (A2) toward g (i) to switch to full-frame playback, or f (h) to switch to thumbnail playback.

Back

2 Use HI to select ON or OFF.

• When ON is selected, an icon is displayed under the selected image. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to select additional images.

Erase selected images

Back

3 Press the k button to apply the image selection.

• A confirmation dialog is displayed. Follow the on-screen instructions to operate.

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Deleting Images

Shooting Features

Selecting a Shooting Mode ..............................................................................................28

A (Auto) Mode....................................................................................................................29

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)................................31

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting) ..................................................41

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting) ......................43

Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector ...............................................46

Flash Mode..............................................................................................................................47

Self-timer.................................................................................................................................49

Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)......................................................................51

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)......................................................52

Using the Zoom ....................................................................................................................53

Focusing ..................................................................................................................................55

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode).............................................59

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting .....................61

Shooting Features

Selecting a Shooting Mode

You can rotate the mode dial to align the desired shooting mode with the indicator mark on the camera body.

• A (Auto) mode

Select this mode to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions.

• y, o, j, e, o, d (Scene) modes

Select any one of scene modes based on the shooting conditions, and you can take pictures with the appropriate settings for those conditions.

- y: Press the d button and select a scene mode.

- o (scene auto selector): The camera recognizes the shooting conditions when

you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in accordance with the conditions.

- j (night landscape): Use this mode to shoot night landscapes.

- e (night portrait): Use this mode to shoot evening and night portraits that

include background scenery.

- o (backlighting): Use this mode to shoot backlit subjects.

- d (sports): Use this mode to shoot sports photos.

• s (Creative) mode

The camera saves four images with effects and one image without effects simultaneously in one shot.

• F (Smart portrait) mode

Use glamour retouch to enhance human faces during shooting, and use the smile timer or self-collage function to take pictures.

• M (Short movie show) mode

The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (e 1080/30p or S 1080/25p) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips that are several seconds long.

C Help Display

The descriptions of functions are displayed while changing the shooting mode or while the setting screen is displayed.

Press the shutter-release button halfway to quickly switch to shooting mode. You can show or hide the descriptions using Help display in Monitor settings in the setup menu.

Shooting Features

Selecting a Shooting Mode

A (Auto) Mode

Select this mode to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions.

• The focus area for autofocus varies depending on

the setting of AF area mode (A111). The default setting is Target finding AF (A55).

Functions Available in A (Auto) Mode

• Creative slider (A29)

• Flash mode (A47)

• Self-timer (A49)

• Macro mode (A51)

• Shooting menu (A105, 106)

Using the Creative Slider

You can adjust the brightness (exposure compensation), vividness, hue, and Active D-Lighting when shooting.

1 Press the multi selector K.

2 Use JK to select an item.

• F Hue: Adjust the hue (reddish/bluish) of the entire image.

• G Vividness: Adjust the vividness of the entire image.

• o Brightness (Exp. +/-): Adjust the brightness of the entire image.

• J Active D-Lighting: Reduce the loss of details in highlights and shadows. Select w (High), x (Normal), y (Low) for the amount of effect.

Shooting Features

A (Auto) Mode

Brightness (Exp. +/-)

+2.0

+0.3

-2.0

3 Use HI to adjust the level.

Slider

Histogram

• You can preview the results on the screen.

• To set another item, return to step 2.

• Select y Exit to hide the slider.

• To cancel all settings, select P Reset and press

the k button. Return to step 2 and adjust the settings again.

Brightness (Exp. +/-)

+2.0

+0.3

-2.0

4 Press the k button when setting is complete.

• The settings are applied and the camera returns to the shooting screen.

C Creative Slider Settings

• This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (A61).

• The settings for brightness (exposure compensation), vividness, hue, and Active

D-Lighting are saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

• See “Using the Histogram” (A52) for more information.

C Active D-Lighting Versus D-Lighting

• The Active D-Lighting option in the shooting menu captures images while reducing loss of details in highlights, and adjusts the tone when saving images.

• The D-Lighting (A70) option in the playback menu adjusts the tone of saved images.

A (Auto) Mode

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Night landscape

1, 2

(A32),

e Night portrait (A33), o Backlighting

(A33),

d Sports

(A34)

Rotate the mode dial to j, e, o, or d and take

pictures.

Press the d button to display the scene menu and select one of the following scene modes using the multi selector.

b Portrait (default setting) k Close-up (A35) c Landscape

1, 2

u Food (A35)

U Multiple exp. Lighten

3, 4

(A34) m Fireworks show

1, 3

(A35)

f Party/indoor

(A35) V Easy panorama2 (A38)

Z Beach

O Pet portrait (A36)

z Snow

L Moon

1, 2

(A37)

h Sunset

2, 3

l Bird-watching

1, 2

(A37)

i Dusk/dawn

1, 2, 3

o (scene auto selector) (A32)

The camera recognizes the shooting conditions when you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in accordance with the conditions.

Select any one of scene modes based on the shooting conditions, and you can take pictures with the appropriate settings for those conditions.

Portrait

Landscape

Multiple exp. Lighten

Party/indoor

Beach

Snow

The camera focuses at infinity.

The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.

Use of a tripod is recommended, because the shutter speed is slow. Set Photo VR (A135) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

When Nightscape + light trails is selected, the camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame. When Nightscape + star trails or Star trails is selected, the camera focuses at infinity.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Tips and Notes About Scene Mode

e Portrait (for taking close-up portraits of one or two people)

Portrait (for taking portraits of large numbers of people, or images in which the background takes up a large portion of the frame)

f Landscape h Night portrait* (for taking close-up portraits of one or two people)

Night portrait* (for taking portraits of large numbers of people, or images in which the background takes up a large portion of the frame)

g Night landscape* i Close-up j Backlighting (for taking pictures of subjects other than people)

d Backlighting (for taking portrait pictures)

d Other shooting conditions

o Scene auto selector

• The camera automatically recognizes the shooting conditions when you frame a picture, making it easier to take pictures in accordance with those conditions.

• When the camera automatically recognizes the shooting conditions, the shooting mode icon displayed on the shooting screen changes accordingly.

* One image is captured at a slow shutter speed.

• Under some shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired settings. In this case, select another shooting mode (A28).

• When the digital zoom is in effect, the shooting mode icon changes to d.

j Night landscape

• Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night landscape.

• Y Hand-held (default setting):

-While the j icon on the shooting screen is displayed in green, press the shutter-

release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a

still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the screen switches to the shooting screen.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is

narrower than that seen on the shooting screen.

• Z Tripod:

- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is

pressed all the way.

- Vibration reduction is disabled even when Photo VR (A135) in the setup menu is

set to On.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

e Night portrait

• Raise the flash before shooting.

• Press the d button to select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod in Night portrait.

• Y Hand-held (default setting):

-While the e icon on the shooting screen is displayed in green, press the shutter-

release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a

still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the screen switches to the shooting screen.

- If the subject moves while the camera is shooting continuously, the image may be

distorted, overlapped, or blurred.

• Z Tripod:

- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is

pressed all the way.

- Vibration reduction is disabled even when Photo VR (A135) in the setup menu is

set to On.

o Backlighting

• Press the d button to select On or Off to enable or disable the high dynamic range (HDR) function in HDR based on the shooting conditions.

• Off (default setting): The flash fires to prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow. Shoot images with the flash raised.

- Press the shutter-release button all the way to capture one image.

• On: Use when taking pictures with very bright and dark areas in the same frame.

- When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the camera shoots images

continuously and saves the following two images.

- A non-HDR composite image

- An HDR composite image in which the loss of details in highlights or shadows is minimized

- If the re is o nly eno ugh mem or y to sav e one image, an image processed by D-Lightin g

(A70) at the time of shooting, in which dark areas of the image are corrected, is the only image saved.

- Once the sh utter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the screen switches to the shooting screen.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen on the shooting screen.

- Under some shooting conditions, dark shadows may appear around bright subjects or bright areas may appear around dark subjects.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

d Sports

Option Description

V Nightscape + light trails

Use to capture the flow of car lights against a night landscape background.

• Shots are taken at a shutter speed of 4 seconds every 4 seconds. When 50 shots are taken, the camera automatically stops shooting.

• For every 10 shots taken, one composite image with trails overlapped from the start of shooting is automatically saved.

W Nightscape + star trails

Use to capture the motion of stars with a night landscape in the frame.

• Shots are taken at a shutter speed of 20 seconds every 25 seconds. When 300 shots are taken, the camera automatically stops shooting.

• For every 30 shots taken, one composite image with trails overlapped from the start of shooting is automatically saved.

S Star trails

Use to capture the motion of stars.

• Shots are taken at a shutter speed of 25 seconds every 30 seconds. When 300 shots are taken, the camera automatically stops shooting.

• For every 30 shots taken, one composite image with trails overlapped from the start of shooting is automatically saved.

•

While the shutter-release button is held all the way down, images are captured continuously.

• The camera can capture up to about 7 images continuously at a rate of about 7.7 fps

(when Image mode is set to P 4608×3456).

• The frame rate for continuous shooting may become slow depending on the current image mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting conditions.

• Focus, exposure, and hue for the second and subsequent images are fixed at the values determined with the first image.

y M U Multiple exp. Lighten

• The camera automatically captures moving subjects at regular intervals, compares each image and composites only their bright areas, and then saves them as one image. Light trails such as the flow of car lights or motion of stars are captured.

• On the screen displayed when U Multiple exp. Lighten is selected, select V N ightscape + light trails, W Nightscape + star trails, or S Star trails.

• The screen may turn off during the shooting interval. The power-on lamp lights while the screen is off.

• To end shooting before it automatically ends, press the k button.

• When you have obtained the desired trails, end shooting. If you continue shooting,

• The images automatically saved during shooting and the image composited when

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

details in the composited areas may be lost.

shooting ends are grouped as a sequence, and the image composited when shooting ends is used as the key picture (A67).

Shooting Features

B Notes About Multiple Exp. Lighten

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• The camera cannot capture images when a memory card is not inserted.

• Do not rotate the mode dial or insert a new memory card until shooting ends.

• Use batteries with a sufficient amount of charge remaining to prevent the camera from

turning off during shooting.

• Exposure compensation cannot be used (A52).

C Time Remaining

You can check the time remaining until shooting automatically ends on the screen.

y M f Party/indoor

• To avoid the effects of camera shake, hold the came ra steady. Set Photo VR (A135) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

y M k Close-up

• Macro mode (A51) is enabled and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at which it can focus.

• You can move the focus area. Press the k button, use the multi selector HIJK to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting.

y M u Food

• Macro mode (A51) is enabled and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at which it can focus.

• You can adjust hue by using the multi selector HI. The hue setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

• You can move the focus area. Press the k button, use the multi selector HIJK to move the focus area, and press the k button to apply the setting.

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y M m Fireworks show

• The shutter speed is fixed at four seconds.

• Exposure compensation cannot be used (A52).

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

y M O Pet portrait

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• When you point the camera at a dog or cat, the camera detects the pet’s face and focuses on it. By default, the shutter is automatically released when a dog or cat face is detected (pet portrait auto release).

• On the screen displayed when O Pet portrait is selected, select U Single or V Continuous.

- U Single: Whenever a dog or cat face is detected, the camera captures one image.

- V Continuous: Whenever a dog or cat face is detected, the camera captures three

images continuously.

B Pet Portrait Auto Release

• Press the multi selector J (n) to change the Pet portrait auto release setting.

- Y: The camera automatically releases the shutter when it detects a dog or cat face.

- k: The camera does not release the shutter automatically, even if a dog or cat face is

detected. Press the shutter-release button. The camera also detects human faces when k is selected.

• Pet portrait auto release is set to k after five bursts have been taken.

• Shooting is also possible by pressing the shutter-release button, regardless of the Pet

portrait auto release setting. When V Continuous is selected, you can take pictures continuously while holding down the shutter-release button all the way.

B Focus Area

• When the camera detects a face, the face is displayed inside a yellow border. When the camera acquires focus on a face displayed inside a double border (focus area), the double border changes to green. If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.

• Under some shooting conditions, the pet face may not be detected and other subjects may be displayed inside a border.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

y M L Moon

• At the wide-angle zoom position, the framing border is displayed to indicate the angle of view equivalent to that of a 900 mm lens (in 35mm [135] format). When you frame the moon inside the framing border and press the k button, the angle of view becomes equivalent to that of a 900 mm lens.

• You can adjust hue by using the multi selector HI. The hue setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

• Adjust the brightness with exposure compensation (A52) according to shooting conditions such as the waxing and waning of the moon and shooting requirements.

y M l Bird-watching

• On the screen displayed when l Bird-watching is selected, select U Single or V Continuous.

• U Single: One image is shot each time the shutter-release button is pressed.

• V Continuous (default setting): While the shutter-release button is held all the way

down, images are captured continuously. The camera can capture up to about 7 images continuously at a rate of about 7.7 fps (when Image mode is set to P 4608×3456).

• At the wide-angle zoom position, the framing border is displayed to indicate the angle of view equivalent to that of a 440 mm lens (in 35mm [135] format). When you frame a bird inside the framing border and press the k button, the angle of view becomes equivalent to that of a 440 mm lens.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Shooting with Easy Panorama

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Rotate the mode dial to y M d button M V (easy panorama) M k button

1 Select W Normal or X Wide

as the shooting range and press the k button.

2 Frame the first edge of the panorama

scene, and then press the shutterrelease button halfway to focus.

• The zoom position is fixed at wide-angle.

• The camera focuses in the center of the frame.

3 Press the shutter-release button all the

way, and then remove your finger from the shutter-release button.

• KLJI are displayed to indicate the direction of

camera movement.

4 Move the camera in one of the four

directions until the guide indicator reaches the end.

• When the camera detects which direction it is moving in, shooting begins.

• Shooting ends when the camera captures the specified shooting range.

• Focus and exposure are locked until shooting ends.

Easy panorama

Normal

Wide

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Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Example of Camera Movement

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920

1536

9600

920

1536

• Using your body as the axis of rotation, move the camera

slowly in an arc, in the direction of the marking (KLJI).

• Shooting stops if the guide does not reach the edge within

about 15 seconds (when W Normal is selected) or within about 30 seconds (when X Wide is selected) after shooting starts.

B Notes About Easy Panorama Shooting

• The range of the image seen in the saved image is narrower than that seen on the screen at the time of shooting.

• If the camera is moved too quickly or shaken too much, or if the subject is too uniform (e.g. walls or darkness), an error may occur.

• If shooting is stopped before the camera reaches the half-way point in the panorama range, a panorama image is not saved.

C Image Size of Easy Panorama

• There are four different image sizes (in pixels), as described below.

When W Normal is set

When X Wide is set

• If more than half of the panorama range is captured but shooting ends before reaching the edge of the range, the image size becomes smaller.

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Playback with Easy Panorama

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Switch to playback mode (A24), display an image captured using easy panorama in full-frame playback mode, and then press the k button to scroll the image in the direction that was used when shooting.

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Playback controls are displayed on the screen during playback. Use the multi selector JK to select a control, and then press the k button to perform the operations described below.

Function Icon Description

Rewind A Hold down the k button to rewind scroll playback. Fast-forward B Hold down the k button to fast-forward scroll playback.

Pause playback. The operations listed below can be performed while paused.

Pause E

End G Return to full-frame playback mode.

C Hold down the k button to rewind. D Hold down the k button to scroll.

F Resume automatic scrolling.

B Notes About Easy Panorama Images

• The images cannot be edited on this camera.

• This camera may not be able to scroll the playback of, or zoom in on, easy panorama

images captured with another make or model of digital camera.

B Notes About Printing Panorama Images

The entire image may not be able to be printed depending on the printer’s settings. Additionally, printing may not be possible depending on the printer.

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Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)

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Variet y

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The camera saves four images with effects and one image without effects simultaneously in one shot.

• The camera focuses in the center of the frame.

1 Press the k button.

• The effect selection screen is displayed.

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2 Use the multi selector HI to select the

desired effect.

• You can select Variety, Selective color (red), Selective color (green), Selective color (blue), Light (default setting), Depth, Memory, Classic, or Noir.

• The image without effects is displayed on the upper part of the screen. Four types of images with effects are displayed on the lower part of the screen.

• Only one type of effect can be applied to a movie. Press JK to select the desired effect.

3 Press the shutter-release button or b (e movie-record) button

to shoot.

• The five saved images are treated as a sequence. One image with an applied effect is used as the key picture (A67).

B Notes About Creative Mode

When Variety is selected as the effect, certain Movie options (A117) are not available.

Shooting Features

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)

Functions Available in Creative Mode

The functions below are available when you press the k button in step 2:

• Flash mode (A47)

• Self-timer (A49)

• Macro mode (A51)

• Exposure compensation (A52)

• Shooting menu (A105)

Shooting Features

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces

Slider

Effect

When Shooting)

You can take a picture with the glamour retouch function to enhance human faces.

1 Press the multi selector K.

2 Apply an effect.

• Use JK to select the desired effect.

• Use HI to select the amount of effect.

• You can simultaneously apply multiple effects.

B Skin softening, l Foundation makeup,

Q Soft, G Vividness, o Brightness (Exp. +/-)

• Select f Exit to hide the slider.

• Press the k button after checking the settings for

all effects.

Skin softening

OFF

3 Frame the picture and press the shutter-release button.

B Notes About Smart Portrait Mode

• The amount of effect may differ between the image on the shooting screen and the saved image.

• When Soft is set, some Movie options (A117) are not available.

Functions Available in Smart Portrait Mode

• Smile timer (A44)

• Self-Collage (A45)

• Flash mode (A47)

• Self-timer (A49)

• Smart portrait menu (A115)

Shooting Features

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)

Using Smile Timer

When you press the multi selector J to select a Smile timer and press the k button, the camera automatically releases the shutter whenever a smiling face is detected.

• Set the glamour retouch function before selecting

smile timer (A43).

• When you press the shutter-release button to take a

picture, smile timer is terminated.

Smile timer

B Notes About Smile Timer

Under some shooting conditions, the camera may be unable to detect faces or detect smiles (A56). The shutter-release button can also be used for shooting.

C When the Self-timer Lamp Flashes

When using smile timer, the self-timer lamp flashes when the camera detects a face and flashes quickly immediately after the shutter is released.

Shooting Features

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)

Using Self-Collage

The camera can capture a series of four or nine images at intervals and save them as a one-frame image (a collage image).

1 Press the multi selector J to select n

Self-Collage, and press the k button.

• A confirmation dialog is displayed.

• When you press the d button and select Self-

Collage before pressing J, you can configure the settings for Number of shots, Interval, and Shutter sound (A115).

• If you want to apply glamour retouch when shooting, set the effect before selecting selfcollage (A43).

Self-Collage

2 Take a picture.

• When you press the shutter-release button, a countdown starts (about five seconds) and the shutter is automatically released.

• The camera automatically releases the shutter for the remaining pictures. A countdown starts about three seconds before shooting.

• The number of shots is indicated by U on the screen. It is displayed in green during shooting and it changes to white after shooting.

On the screen displayed when the camera finishes taking the number of shots that is set in

• The collage image is saved.

• Each captured image is saved as an individual image separate from the collage

image. The images are grouped as a sequence, and a one-frame collage image is used as the key picture (A67).

• When No is selected, the collage image is not saved.

Number of shots

, select

Yes

and press the k button.

B Notes About Self-Collage

• If you press the shutter-release button before the camera takes the specified number of shots, shooting is canceled and the collage image is not saved. The pictures that were taken before shooting was canceled are saved as individual images.

• This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (A61).

Shooting Features

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)

Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector

When the shooting screen is displayed, you can press the multi selector H (m) J (n) I (p) K (o) to set the functions described below.

• m Flash mode

When the flash is raised, the flash mode can be set according to shooting conditions.

• n Self-timer

The camera releases the shutter 10 seconds, 5 seconds, or 2 seconds after you press the shutter-release button.

• p Macro mode

Use macro mode when you take close-up pictures.

• o Exposure compensation

You can adjust overall image brightness.

The functions that can be set vary depending on the shooting mode.

Shooting Features

Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector

Flash Mode

When the flash is raised, the flash mode can be set according to shooting conditions.

1 Press the m (flash pop-up) button to raise

the flash.

• When the flash is lowered, flash operation is disabled

and W is displayed.

2 Press the multi selector H (X).

3 Select the desired flash mode (A48)

and press the k button.

• If the setting is not applied by pressing the

k button, the selection will be canceled.

C The Flash Lamp

• The status of the flash can be confirmed by pressing the shutter-release button halfway.

- On: The flash fires when you press the shutter-release

button all the way down.

- Flashing: The flash is charging. The camera cannot shoot

images.

- Off: The flash does not fire when a picture is taken.

• If the battery level is low, the screen turns off while the flash is charging.

Shooting Features

Flash Mode

Auto

Available Flash Modes

Auto

The flash fires when necessary, such as in dim lighting.

• The flash mode indicator is only displayed immediately after setting on the shooting screen.

Auto with red-eye reduction

Reduce red-eye in portraits caused by the flash.

Fill flash

The flash fires whenever a picture is taken. Use to “fill-in” (illuminate) shadows and backlit subjects.

Y Slow sync

Suited to evening and night portraits that include background scenery. The flash fires when necessary to illuminate the main subject; slow shutter speeds are used to capture background at night or under dim lighting.

B Notes About Shooting with the Flash

When using the flash at the wide-angle zoom position, the area around the image may be dark depending on the distance to the subject.

This may be improved if you move the zoom control slightly toward the telephoto position.

C The Flash Mode Setting

• The setting may not be available with some shooting modes (A59).

• For A (auto) mode, the applied setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the

camera is turned off.

C Red-eye Reduction

If the camera detects red-eye while saving an image, the affected area is processed to reduce red-eye before the image is saved.

Note the following when shooting:

• More time than usual is required to save images.

• Red-eye reduction may not produce the desired results in some situations.

• In rare cases, red-eye reduction may be applied to areas of an image unnecessarily. In

these cases, select another flash mode and take the picture again.

Shooting Features

Flash Mode

Self-timer

The camera is equipped with a self-timer that releases the shutter 10 seconds, 5 seconds, or 2 seconds after you press the shutter-release button. Set Photo VR (A135) to Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

1 Press the multi selector J (n).

2 Select n10s, n2s, or r5s, and press

Self-timer

the k button.

• n10s (10 seconds): Use on important occasions,

such as weddings.

• n2s (2 seconds): Use to prevent camera shake.

• r5s (5 seconds) (self-portrait timer): Use for

shooting with a selfie stick. Press the shutterrelease button all the way, and then frame the picture. After the countdown ends, focus and exposure are set.

• If the setting is not applied by pressing the k button, the selection will be

canceled.

• When the shooting mode is Pet portrait scene mode, Y (pet portrait auto release)

is displayed (A36). n10s or n2s cannot be used.

• When the shooting mode is smart portrait mode, you can also use a Smile timer

(A44) and n Self-Collage (A45) in addition to n10s, n2s, or r5s.

3 Frame the picture and press the shutter-release button halfway.

• Focus and exposure are set.

Shooting Features

Self-timer

4 Press the shutter-release button

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• Countdown starts. The self-timer lamp flashes and then glows steadily about one second before the shutter is released.

• When the shutter is released, the selftimer is set to OFF.*

• To stop the countdown, press the shutter-release button again.

* When the shooting mode is Moon

scene mode, the self-timer is not automatically set to OFF. To end the self-timer, select OFF in step 2.

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Self-timer

Shooting Features

Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)

Use macro mode when you take close-up pictures.

1 Press the multi selector I (p).

2 Select ON and press the k button.

• If the setting is not applied by pressing the k button, the selection will be canceled.

Macro mode

3 Move the zoom control to set the zoom

ratio to a position where F and the zoom indicator are displayed in green.

• When the zoom ratio is set to a position where F and the zoom indicator are displayed in green, the camera can focus on subjects as close as approximately 10 cm (4 in.) from the lens.

• When the zoom position is at the wide-angle and in the area indicated by 1, the camera can focus on subjects as close as approximately 1 cm (0.4 in.) from the lens.

C The Macro Mode Setting

• The setting may not be available with some shooting modes (A59).

• For A (auto) mode, the applied setting is saved in the camera’s memory even after the

camera is turned off.

Shooting Features

Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)

Histogram

You can adjust overall image brightness.

1 Press the multi selector K (o).

2 Select a compensation value and press

the k button.

• To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.

• To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.

• The compensation value is applied, even without

pressing the k button.

• When the shooting mode is smart portrait mode, the glamour retouch screen is displayed instead of the exposure compensation screen (A43).

• When the shooting mode is A (auto) mode, the creative slider is displayed instead of the exposure compensation screen (A29).

Exposure compensation

+2.0

+0.3

-2.0

C Exposure Compensation Value

When the shooting mode is Multiple exp. Lighten (A34) or Fireworks show (A35) scene mode, exposure compensation cannot be used.

C Using the Histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. Use as a guide when using exposure compensation and shooting without the flash.

• The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.

• Increasing exposure compensation value shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.

Shooting Features

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)

Using the Zoom

Zoom out Zoom in

Zoom out

Zoom in

Optical zoom

Digital zoom

When you move the zoom control, the zoom lens position changes.

• To zoom in: Move toward g

• To zoom out: Move toward f

When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to the maximum wideangle position.

• Rotating the zoom control all the way in

either direction adjusts the zoom quickly (except during movie recording).

• The zoom can also be operated by

moving the side zoom control (A2) toward g or f.

• A zoom indicator is displayed on the

shooting screen when the zoom control is moved.

• Digital zoom, which allows you to

further magnify the subject up to approximately 4× the maximum optical zoom ratio, can be activated by moving and holding the zoom control or the side zoom control toward g when the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position.

C Digital Zoom

The zoom indicator changes to blue when the digital zoom is activated, and it changes to yellow when the zoom magnification is increased further.

• Zoom indicator is blue: Image quality is not noticeably reduced by using the Dynamic Fine Zoom.

• Zoom indicator is yellow: There may be cases in which image quality is noticeably reduced.

• The indicator remains blue across a wider area when the image size is smaller.

• The zoom indicator may not change to blue when using certain continuous shooting

settings or other settings.

Shooting Features

Using the Zoom

Using the Snap-back Zoom

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Framing border

If you lose sight of the subject while shooting with the lens in telephoto position, press the q (snap-back zoom) button to temporarily widen the visible area so that you can frame the subject more easily.

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• While pressing the q button, frame the subject inside the framing border of the

shooting screen. To widen the visible area further, move the zoom control toward f while pressing the q button.

• Release the q button to return to the original zoom position.

• Snap-back zoom is not available during movie recording.

Shooting Features

Using the Zoom

Focusing

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Focus areas

The Shutter-release Button

To press the shutter-release button “halfway” means to press and hold the button at the point where you feel a slight resistance.

Press halfway

Press all the way

Using Target Finding AF

When AF area mode (A111) in A (auto) mode is set to Target finding AF, the camera focuses in the manner described below when you press the shutter-release button halfway:

• The camera detects the main subject and focuses

on it. When the subject is in focus, the focus area is displayed in green. If a human face is detected, the camera automatically sets focus priority on it.

• Focus and exposure (shutter speed and f-number) are set when you press the shutter-release button halfway. Focus and exposure remain locked while the button is pressed halfway.

• The focus area varies depending on the shooting mode.

To press the shutter-release button “all the way” means to press the button down completely.

• The shutter is released when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way.

• Do not use force when pressing the shutter-release button, as this may result in camera shake and blurred images. Press the button gently.

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• If no main subject is detected, the camera automatically selects one or more of the nine focus areas containing the subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in focus, the focus areas that are in focus are displayed in green.

Shooting Features

Focusing

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• Depending on shooting conditions, the subject that the camera determines to be the

main subject may vary.

• The main subject may not be detected when using certain White balance settings.

• The camera may not detect the main subject appropriately in the following situations:

- When the subject is very dark or bright

- When the main subject lacks clearly defined colors

- When the shot is framed so that the main subject is on the edge of the screen

- When the main subject is composed of a repeating pattern

Using Face Detection

In the following settings, the camera uses face detection to automatically focus on human faces.

• o (scene auto selector) mode (A32)

• e (night portrait) or Portrait scene mode (A31)

• Smart portrait mode (A43)

• When AF area mode (A111) in A (auto) mode

(A29) is set to Face priority

If the camera detects more than one face, a double border is displayed around the face that the camera focuses on, and single borders are displayed around the other faces.

If the shutter-release button is pressed halfway when no faces are detected:

• In o (scene auto selector) mode, the focus area changes depending on the shooting conditions that the camera recognizes.

• In e (night portrait) and Portrait scene modes or in smart portrait mode, the camera focuses in the center of the frame.

• In A (auto) mode, the camera selects the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera.

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B Notes About Face Detection

• The camera’s ability to detect faces depends on a variety of factors, including the direction

in which the faces are looking.

• The camera cannot detect faces in the following situations:

- When faces are partially hidden by sunglasses or otherwise obstructed

- When faces take up too much or too little of the frame

Shooting Features

Focusing

Using Skin Softening

In the following shooting modes, if human faces are detected, the camera processes the image to soften facial skin tones before saving the image (up to three faces).

• Smart portrait mode (A43)

- The amount of Skin softening effect can be adjusted.

• o (scene auto selector) mode (A32)

• e (night portrait) or Portrait in scene mode (A31)

Skin softening can also be applied to saved images by using Glamour retouch in playback mode (A71).

B Notes About Skin Softening

• It may take more time than usual to save images after shooting.

• Under some shooting conditions, the desired skin softening results may not be achieved,

and skin softening may be applied to areas of the image where there are no faces.

Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus

The camera may not focus as expected in the following situations. In rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the focus area or the focus indicator is displayed in green:

• Subject is very dark

• Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the shooting conditions (e.g.

the sun behind the subject makes that subject appear very dark)

• No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject wearing a white shirt is standing in front of a white wall)

• Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g. the subject is inside a cage)

• Subjects with repeating patterns (window blinds, buildings with multiple rows of similarly shaped windows, etc.)

• Subject is moving rapidly

In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or focus on another subject positioned at the same distance from the camera as the actual desired subject, and use focus lock (A58).

Shooting Features

Focusing

Focus Lock

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1 Set AF area mode to Center in A (auto) mode (A111). 2 Position the subject in the

center of the frame and press the shutter-release button halfway.

• The camera focuses on the subject and the focus area is displayed in green.

• Exposure is also locked.

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3 Without lifting your finger, recompose

the picture.

• Make sure to maintain the same distance between the camera and the subject.

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4 Press the shutter-release button all the

way down to take the picture.

Shooting Features

Focusing

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)

The default settings for each shooting mode are listed below.

Flash

(A47)

A (auto) U Off Off

Scene modes

W V X/W W

o (scene auto selector) U j (night landscape) e (night portrait) o (backlighting) d (sports) b (portrait) V Off c (landscape) U (multiple exp. lighten) W f (party/indoor)

Z (beach) U Off z (snow) U Off

h (sunset) i (dusk/dawn)

W k (close-up) W Off u (food) m (fireworks show) V (easy panorama) W

O (pet portrait)

L (moon) l (bird-watching)

s (creative mode) U Off Off F (smart portrait) U M (short movie show) W

Self-timer

(A49)

Off

n 2s Off

Off

n 2s Off

Off

Off Off

Macro mode

(A51)

Shooting Features

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)

The setting that is used when the flash is raised.

The camera automatically selects the flash mode appropriate for the shooting conditions it has selected. W (off) can be selected manually.

Cannot be changed. The camera enters macro mode when i is selected.

Cannot be changed.

r5s cannot be used.

Cannot be changed. When set to Hand-held, the flash mode setting is fixed at auto and slow sync with red-eye reduction. When set to Tripod, the flash mode setting is fixed at fill flash and slow sync with red-eye reduction.

Flash is fixed at X (fill flash) when HDR is set to Off. The flash does not fire when HDR is set to On.

May switch to slow sync with red-eye reduction flash mode.

Pet portrait auto release can be set to on or off. n10s or n2s cannot be used.

Cannot be used when Blink proof is set to On.

a Smile timer (A44) and n Self-Collage (A45) can be used in addition to n10s, n2s, or r5s.

Shooting Features

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting

Some functions cannot be used with other menu settings.

Restricted

function

Flash mode

Self-timer

Macro mode

Image mode Continuous (A108)

White balance

Continuous Self-timer (A49)

ISO sensitivity Continuous (A 108)

mode

AF area

Blink proof Self-Collage (A45)

Setting Description

Continuous (A108)

Blink proof (A116)

AF area mode (A111)

Hue (using the creative slider) (A29)

White balance (A106)

When a setting other than Single is selected, the flash cannot be used.

When Blink proof is set to On, the flash cannot be used.

When Subject tracking is selected, the selftimer cannot be used.

When Subject tracking is selected, macro mode cannot be used.

Image mode is set as follows depending on the continuous shooting setting:

• Pre-shooting cache: q (image size: 1600

× 1200 pixels)

• Continuous H: 120 fps: O (image size:

640 × 480 pixels)

• Continuous H: 60 fps: M (image size:

1280 × 960 pixels)

When hue is adjusted using the creative slide r, White balance in the shooting menu cannot be set. To set White balance, select P in the creative slider setting screen to reset the brightness, vividness, hue, and Active D-Lighting.

If the self-timer is used when Pre-shooting

cache is selected, the setting is fixed at Single.

When Pre-shooting cache, Continuous H: 120 fps, or Continuous H: 60 fps is selected, ISO sensitivity is fixed at

When a setting other than Auto is selec ted f or White balance in Target finding AF mode,

the camera does not detect the main subject.

When Self-Collage is selected, Blink proof is disabled.

Auto.

Shooting Features

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting

Restricted

function

Date stamp Continuous (A108)

Digital zoom

Setting Description

When Pre-shooting cache, Continuous H: 120 fps, or Continuous H: 60 fps is selected,

date and time cannot be stamped on images.

AF area mode (A111)

When Subject tracking is selected, digital zoom cannot be used.

B Notes About Digital Zoom

• Depending on the shooting mode or the current settings, digital zoom may not be

available (A136).

• When digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses in the center of the frame.

Shooting Features

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting

Playback Features

Playback Zoom......................................................................................................................64

Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display.........................................................................65

List by Date Mode ................................................................................................................66

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence.............................................................67

Editing Images (Still Images)............................................................................................69

Playback Features

Playback Zoom

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Moving the zoom control toward g ( i playback zoom) in full-frame playback mode (A24) zooms in on the image.

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• You can change the magnification rate by moving the zoom control toward f (h) or g (i).

• To view a different area of the image, press the multi selector HIJK.

• When a zoomed image is displayed, press the k button to return to full-frame

playback mode.

C Cropping Images

When a zoomed image is displayed, you can press the d button to crop the image to include only the visible portion and save it as a separate file (A74).

Playback Zoom

Playback Features

Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display

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Calendar Display

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Moving the zoom control toward f (h thumbnail playback) in full-frame playback mode (A24) displays images as thumbnails.

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• You can change the number of thumbnails displayed by moving the zoom control toward f (h) or g (i).

• While using thumbnail playback mode, press the multi selector HIJK to select an image and then press the k button to display that image in full-frame playback mode.

• While using calendar display mode, press HIJK to select a date and then press the k button to display the images captured on that day.

B Notes About Calendar Display

Images captured when the camera’s date is not set are treated as images captured on January 1, 2016.

Playback Features

Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display

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List by Date Mode

Press the c button (playback mode) M d button M N menu icon M C List by date M k button

Use the multi selector HI to select a date and then press the k button to play back the images captured on the selected date.

• Functions in the playback menu (A124) can be used for the images in the selected shooting date (except Copy).

• The following operations are available while the

List by date

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shooting date selection screen is displayed.

- d button: The functions listed below are

available.

• Slide show

• Protect*

* The same settings can be applied to all images captured on the selected date.

- l button: Deletes all images captured on the selected date.

B Notes About List by Date Mode

• Up to the most recent 29 dates can be selected. If images exist for more than 29 dates, all

images saved earlier than the most recent 29 dates will be combined under Others.

• The 9,000 most recent images can be displayed.

• Images captured when the camera’s date is not set are treated as images captured on

January 1, 2016.

Playback Features

List by Date Mode

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence

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Viewing Images in a Sequence

Images captured continuously, or with the multiple exp. lighten, creative mode, or self-collage function, are saved as a sequence. One image in a sequence is used as the key picture to represent the sequence when displayed in full-frame playback mode or thumbnail playback mode.

To display each image in the sequence individually, press the k button.

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After pressing the k button, the operations listed below are available.

• To display the previous or next image, press the multi selector JK.

• To display images that are not included in the sequence, press H to return to the key picture display.

• To display images in a sequence as thumbnails, or to play them back in a slide show, set Sequence

display options to Individual pictures in the playback menu (A128).

B Sequence Display Options

Images captured with cameras other than this camera cannot be displayed as a sequence.

C Playback Menu Options Available When Using Sequence

• When images in a sequence are displayed in full-frame playback mode, press the d

button to select functions in playback menu (A124).

• If you press the d button when a key picture is displayed, the following settings can be

applied to all images in the sequence:

- Mark for upload, Protect, Copy

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Playback Features

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence

Deleting Images in a Sequence

When the l (delete) button is pressed for images in a sequence, the images that are deleted vary depending on how the sequences are displayed.

• When the key picture is displayed:

- Current image: All images in the displayed sequence are deleted.

- Erase selected images: When a key picture is selected on the erase selected

- All images: All images on the memory card or in the internal

• When images in a sequence are displayed in full-frame playback mode:

- Current image: The image currently displayed is deleted.

- Erase selected images: Images that are selected in the sequence are deleted.

- Entire sequence: All images in the displayed sequence are deleted.

images screen (A26), all images in that sequence are deleted.

memory are deleted.

Playback Features

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence

Editing Images (Still Images)

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Before Editing Images

You can easily edit images on this camera. Edited copies are saved as separate files. Edited copies are saved with the same shooting date and time as the original.

C Restrictions on Image Editing

• An image can be edited up to 10 times. A still image created by editing a movie can be

edited up to 9 times.

• You may not be able to edit images of a certain size or with certain editing functions.

Quick Effects: Changing Hue or Mood

Process images with a variety of effects. You can select Painting, Photo illustration, Soft portrait, Background

monochrome portrait, Fisheye, Cross screen, or Miniature effect.

1 Display the image to which you want to

apply an effect in full-frame playback mode and press the k button.

2 Use the multi selector HIJK to

select the desired effect and press the k button.

• Move the zoom control (A2) toward g (i) to switch to full-frame playback or f (h) to switch to thumbnail playback.

• To exit without saving the edited image, press the d button.

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Painting Soft portraitPhoto

illustration

Portrait

Fisheye Cross screen

(color + B&W)

Cancel

3 Select Yes and press the k button.

• An edited copy is created.

Check

Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation

Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Quick retouch M k button

Use the multi selector HI to select the

Quick retouch

desired effect level and press the k button.

• The edited version is displayed on the right.

• To exit without saving the copy, press J.

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D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast

Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M D-Lighting M k button

Use the multi selector HI to select OK and press the k button.

• The edited version is displayed on the right.

• To exit without saving the copy, select Cancel and press

the k button.

D-Lighting

Cancel

Amount

Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

Red-eye Correction: Correcting Red-eye When

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Subject selection

Shooting with the Flash

Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Red-eye correction M k button

Preview the result and press the k button.

• To exit without saving the copy, press the multi selector J.

Red-eye correction

Back

Save

B Notes About Red-eye Correction

• Red-eye correction can only be applied to images when red-eye is detected.

• Red-eye correction can be applied to pets (dogs or cats) even if their eyes are not red.

• Red-eye correction may not produce the desired results in some images.

• In rare cases, red-eye correction may be applied unnecessarily to other areas of the image.

Glamour Retouch: Enhancing Human Faces

Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Glamour retouch M k button

1 Use the multi selector HIJK to

select the face that you want to retouch and press the k button.

• When only one face is detected, proceed to step 2.

Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

2 Use JK to select the effect, use HI to

Yes

Save OK?

Small face

select the effect level, and press the k button.

• You can simultaneously apply multiple effects. Adjust or check the settings for all effects before

pressing the k button.

F Small face, B Skin softening, l Foundation makeup, m Glare reduction, E Hide eye bags, A Big eyes, G Whiten eyes, n Eye shadow, o Mascara, H Whiten teeth, p Lipstick, D Redden cheeks

• Press the d button to return to the screen for selecting a person.

3 Preview the result and press the k

Back

Preview

button.

• To change the settings, press J to return to step 2.

• To exit without saving the edited image, press the

d button.

Save

4 Select Yes and press the k button.

• An edited copy is created.

B Notes About Glamour Retouch

• One face can be edited at a time. To apply glamour retouch to another face, edit the edited image again.

• Depending on the direction in which faces are looking, or the brightness of faces, the camera may be unable to accurately detect faces, or the glamour retouch function may not perform as expected.

• If no faces are detected, a warning is displayed and the screen returns to the playback menu.

• The glamour retouch function is available only for images captured at an ISO sensitivity of 1600 or lower, and the image size of 640 × 480 or larger.

Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image

Press the c button (playback mode) M Select an image M d button M Small picture M k button

1 Use the multi selector HI to select the

desired copy size and press the k button.

• For images captured at an image mode setting of

l 4608×2592, only 640×360 is displayed, and for those of s 3456×3456, only 480×480 is displayed.

2 Select Yes and press the k button.

• An edited copy is created (compression ratio of approximately 1:8).

Small picture

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Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy

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1 Move the zoom control to enlarge the image (A64). 2 Adjust the image so that only the

portion that you want to keep is displayed, and then press the d (menu) button.

• Move the zoom control toward g (i) or f (h) to adjust the magnification rate. Set a magnification rate at which u is displayed.

• Use the multi selector HIJK to scroll to the portion of the image that you want to display.

3 Confirm the area that you want to keep,

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and press the k button.

• To set the area again, press J.

Save

4 Select Yes and press the k button.

• An edited copy is created.

C Image Size

• The aspect ratio (horizontal to vertical) of the cropped copy is the same as the original.

• When the image size of the cropped copy is 320 × 240 or smaller, the image is displayed at

a smaller size during playback.

Save this image as displayed?

Yes

Playback Features

Editing Images (Still Images)

Movies

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Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies.......................................................79

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies) ...80

Operations During Movie Playback...............................................................................83

Editing Movies.......................................................................................................................84

Movies

Basic Operations of Movie Recording and Movie Playback

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1 Display the shooting screen.

• Check the remaining amount of movie recording time.

• It is recommended that you display the movie frame that indicates the area that will be recorded in a movie (A77).

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2 Lower the flash (A23).

• Recording movies while the flash is raised may cause the audio to be muffled.

3 Press the b (e movie-record) button

to start movie recording.

• The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.

• Press the multi selector K to pause recording, and press K again to resume recording (except when an HS movie option is selected in Movie options). Recording automatically ends if it remains paused for about five minutes.

You can capture a still image by pressing the shutter-release button while recording a movie (A79).

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4 Press the b (e movie-record) button again to end recording.

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5 Select a movie in full-frame playback

mode and press the k button to play it back.

• An image with a movie options icon is a movie.

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Movie Frame

• Press the s button to display the movie frame (A4). Check the range of a

movie in the frame before movie recording.

• The area that is recorded in a movie varies depending on the Movie options or Movie VR settings in the movie menu.

Maximum Movie Recording Time

Individual movie files cannot exceed 4 GB in size or 29 minutes in length, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording.

• The remaining recording time for a single movie is displayed on the shooting screen.

• The actual remaining recording time may vary depending on the movie content, subject movement, or type of memory card.

• Memory cards with an SD Speed Class rating of 6 or faster are recommended when recording movies (A168). Movie recording may stop unexpectedly when a memory card with a lower Speed Class rating is used.

B Camera Temperature

• The camera may become hot when recording movies for an extended period of time or

when the camera is used in a hot area.

• If the inside of the camera becomes extremely hot when recording movies, the camera

will automatically stop recording. The amount of time remaining until the camera stops recording (B10s) is displayed. After the camera stops recording, it turns itself off. Leave the camera off until the inside of the camera has cooled.

Movies

Basic Operations of Movie Recording and Movie Playback

Notes About Movie Recording

B Notes About Saving Images or Movies

The indicator showing the number of exposures remaining or the indicator showing the remaining recording time flashes while images or movies are being saved. Do not open

the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover or remove the batteries or memory card while an indicator is flashing. Doing this could result in loss of data, or in damage to the

camera or the memory card.

B Notes About Recorded Movies

• When using the camera’s internal memory, saving movies may take some time.

• There may be some degradation in image quality when digital zoom is used.

• The sounds of zoom control operation, zoom, autofocus lens drive movement, vibration

reduction, and aperture operation when brightness changes may be recorded.

• The following phenomena may be seen on the screen while recording movies. These

phenomena are saved in the recorded movies.

- Banding may occur in images under fluorescent, mercury-vapor, or sodium-vapor lighting.

- Subjects that move quickly from one side of the frame to the other, such as a moving train or car, may appear skewed.

- The entire movie image may be skewed when the camera is panned.

- Lighting or other bright areas may leave residual images when the camera is moved.

• Depending on the distance to the subject or the amount of zoom applied, colored stripes may appear on subjects with repeating patterns (fabrics, lattice windows, etc.) during movie recording and playback. This occurs when the pattern in the subject and the layout of the image sensor interfere with each other; it is not a malfunction.

B Notes About Vibration Reduction During Movie Recording

• When Movie VR (A122) in the movie menu is set to On (hybrid), the angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) becomes narrower during movie recording.

• When using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting, set Movie VR to Off to prevent potential errors caused by this function.

B Notes About Autofocus for Movie Recording

Autofocus may not perform as expected (A57). Should this occur, try the following:

1. Set Autofocus mode in the movie menu to Single AF (default setting) before starting

movie recording.

2. Frame another subject (positioned at the same distance from the camera as the intended

subject) in the center of the frame, press the b (e movie-record) button to start recording, and modify the composition.

Movies

Basic Operations of Movie Recording and Movie Playback

Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies

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If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while recording a movie, one frame is saved as a still image. Movie recording continues while the still image is being saved.

• A still image can be captured when y is displayed

on the screen. When z is displayed, a still image cannot be captured.

• The size of the captured still image is determined by

the movie image size (A117).

B Notes About Capturing Still Images During Movie Recording

• Still images cannot be saved during movie recording in the following situations:

- When the remaining movie recording time is less than five seconds

- When Movie options (A117) is set to Z 1080/60i, U 1080/50i, g 480/

30p, W 480/25p, or HS movie

• The sounds of operating the shutter-release button when saving a still image may be heard in the recorded movie.

• If the camera moves when the shutter-release button is pressed, the image may be blurred.

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Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie

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The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (e 1080/30p or S 1080/25p) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips that are several seconds long.

1 Press the d (menu) button and

configure the settings for recording movies.

•

Number of shots

the camera records and the recording time for each movie clip. By default, the camera records 15 movie clips that are 2 seconds each to create a 30-second short movie.

• Special effects (A82): Apply various effects to movies when shooting. Effects can

be changed for each movie clip.

• Background music: Select the background music. You can preview it by moving

the zoom control (A2) toward g (i).

• After the settings are complete, press the d button or shutter-release button to

exit the menu.

: Set the number of movie clips that

2 Press the b (e movie-record) button

to record a movie clip.

• The camera automatically stops recording the movie clip when the time specified in step 1 elapses.

•

Movie clip recording can be paused temporarily. See “Pausing Movie Recording” (A81).

3 Check the recorded movie clip, or

delete it.

• To check it, press the k button.

• To delete it, press the l button. The last recorded

movie clip or all movie clips can be deleted.

• To continue recording movie clips, repeat the operation in step 2.

• To change the effects, return to step 1.

Movies

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies)

Number of shots

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Background music

End recording

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Playback controls

• The short movie show is saved when the camera finishes recording the specified number of movie clips.

• To save a short movie show before the camera finishes recording the specified number of movie clips, press the d button when the shooting standby screen is displayed, and then select End recording.

• Movie clips are deleted when a short movie show is saved.

Operations During Movie Clip Playback

To adjust the volume, move the zoom control while a movie clip is playing (A2). Playback controls are displayed on the screen.

The operations described below can be performed by using the multi selector JK to select a control and then pressing the k button.

Function Icon Description

Rewind A Hold down the k button to rewind the movie. Fast-forward B Hold down the k button to fast-forward the movie.

Pause playback. The operations listed below can be performed while paused.

Rewind the movie one frame. H old down the k button

Pause E

End playback G Return to the shooting screen. End recording p Save the short movie show using the recorded movie clips.

for continuous rewinding.

Advance the movie one frame. Hold down the

k button for continuous advancing.

F Resume playback.

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B Notes About Recording a Short Movie Show

• The camera cannot record movies if a memory card is not inserted.

• Do not exchange the memory card until a short movie show is saved.

C Pausing Movie Recording

• A still image (l 4608×2592) can be captured if you press the shutter-release button

when the shooting standby screen is displayed.

• You can pause movie recording and play back images or enter other shooting modes to take pictures. Movie recording resumes when you enter short movie show mode again.

Movies

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies)

Functions Available in Short Movie Show Mode

• Self-timer (A49)

• Macro mode (A51)

• Exposure compensation (A52)

• Short movie show menu (A80)

• Movie options menu (A117)

Using Special Effects

Apply effects to images during shooting.

Rotate the mode dial to n M d button M n menu icon M Special effects M k button

Type Description

O Soft Softens the image by adding a slight blur to the entire image.

P Nostalgic sepia

F High-contrast

monochrome

I Selective color

l Pop

o Cross process

m Toy camera effect 1

n Toy camera effect 2

b Mirror

k Off (default setting)

Adds a sepia tone and reduces the contrast to simulate the qualities of an old photograph.

Creates a black-and-white photograph with a strong contrast.

Keeps only a selected color and makes other colors black-and-white.

Increases the color saturation of the entire image to create a bright look.

Gives the image a mysterious appearance based on a specific color.

Gives the entire image a yellowish hue and darkens the image periphery.

Decreases the color saturation of the entire image and darkens the image periphery.

Creates a bilaterally symmetric image whose right half is an inverted mirror image of the left half.

No effect is applied to the image.

• When Selective color or Cross process is selected,

Selective colorSelective color

use the multi selector HI to select the desired color, and press the k button to apply the color. To change the color selection, press the k button again.

Movies

Short Movie Show Mode (Combining Movie Clips to Create Short Movies)

SaveSave

Operations During Movie Playback

Volume indicator

When paused

To adjust the volume, move the zoom control while a movie is playing (A2).

Playback controls are displayed on the screen. The operations described below can be performed by using the multi selector JK to select a control and

then pressing the k button.

Function Icon Description

Rewind

Fast-forward

Pause E

End

Hold down the k button to rewind the movie.

Hold down the k button to fast-forward the movie.

Pause playback. The operations listed below can be performed while paused.

Rewind the movie one frame. Hold down the k button

for continuous rewinding. Advance the movie one frame. Hold down the k button

for continuous advancing.

Extract the desired portion of a movie and save it as a

separate file.

Extract a single frame of a movie and save it as a still

image.

Resume playback.

Return to full-frame playback mode.

Movies

Operations During Movie Playback

Editing Movies

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Extracting Only the Desired Portion of a Movie

The desired portion of a recorded movie can be saved as a separate file.

1 Play back a desired movie and pause at the start point of the

portion that you want to extract (A83).

2 Use the multi selector JK to select

the I control, and then press the k button.

3 Use HI to select M (choose start

point).

• Use JK to move the start point.

• To cancel editing, select O (back), and press the

k button.

4 Use HI to select N (choose end

point).

• Use JK to move the end point.

• To preview the specified portion, select G and

then press the k button. Press the k button again to stop previewing.

5 Use HI to select m (save) and press

the k button.

• Follow the instructions on the screen to save the movie.

Movies

Editing Movies

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Nikon B500 Reference Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Quick Topic Search

Main Topics

Common Topics

For Smart Device Users

Introduction

Read This First

Symbols and Conventions Used in This Manual

Information and Precautions

For Your Safety

Parts of the Camera

The Camera Body

The Monitor

For Shooting

For Playback

Getting Started

How to Attach the Camera Strap and Lens Cap

Inserting the Batteries and Memory Card

Applicable Batteries

Removing the Batteries or Memory Card

Memory Cards and Internal Memory

Changing the Angle of the Monitor

Camera Setup

Setup from a Smartphone or Tablet

Setup from the Camera Menus

What SnapBridge Can Do for You

Basic Shooting and Playback Operations

Shooting Images

Using the Flash

Recording Movies

Playing Back Images

Deleting Images

The Image Selection Screen for Deletion

Shooting Features

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Using the Creative Slider

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

Tips and Notes About Scene Mode

Shooting with Easy Panorama

Playback with Easy Panorama

Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)

Smart Portrait Mode (Enhancing Human Faces When Shooting)

Using Smile Timer

Using Self-Collage

Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector

Flash Mode

Self-timer

Macro Mode (Taking Close-up Pictures)

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)

Using the Zoom

Focusing

The Shutter-release Button

Using Target Finding AF

Using Face Detection

Using Skin Softening

Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus

Focus Lock

Default Settings (Flash, Self-timer, and Macro Mode)

Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting

Playback Features

Playback Zoom

Thumbnail Playback/Calendar Display

List by Date Mode

Viewing and Deleting Images in a Sequence

Viewing Images in a Sequence

Deleting Images in a Sequence

Editing Images (Still Images)

Before Editing Images

Quick Effects: Changing Hue or Mood

Quick Retouch: Enhancing Contrast and Saturation

D-Lighting: Enhancing Brightness and Contrast

Glamour Retouch: Enhancing Human Faces

Small Picture: Reducing the Size of an Image

Crop: Creating a Cropped Copy

Movies

Basic Operations of Movie Recording and Movie Playback

Capturing Still Images While Recording Movies