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Camera User Guide
•Before use, be sure to read ths guide, including the
safety precautions
, This guide will familiarize you with how to use the camera
correctly
, Keep the guide handy for future reference

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(p.163). Pressthe@button,andthenchoose0_in
themenu(p.39).[Protected]isdisplayed.
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button.
(_) Protectedimagesonamemorycardwillbeerasedifyouformatthe
card(pp.185,186).
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protection settings first.
I_" Choosing aSelection Method
Access the setting screen.
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[Protect] on the [] tab (p. 40),
Choose aselection method.
Choose a menu item and a setting as desired
(p. 40).
To return to the menu screen, press the MENU
button.
(T) Protected images on a memory card will be erased if you format the
card (pp. 185, 186).
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Protecting images
protection settings first.
Choose [Select].
Following step 2 on p. 159, choose [Select]
and press the @ button.
Choose an image.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _i!_ dial to
choose an image, and then press the @
button. [] is displayed.
To cancel protection, press the @ button
again. [] is no longer displayed.
Repeat this process to specify other images.
Protect the image.
Press the MENUbutton. A confirmation
message is displayed.
Press the 4_ buttons or turn the _i_i_ dial to
choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
Images will not be protected if you switch to Shooting mode or turn
the camera off before finishing the setup process in step 3.
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Protecting images
_Sellecting aRange
Choose [Select Range].
Following step 2 on p. 159, choose [Select
Range] and press the @ button.
Choose astarting image.
Press the @ button.
Press the 4_ buttons or turn the _'_!i_dial to
choose the image, and then press the @
button.
:; Choose an ending image.
Press the )' button to choose [Last image],
and then press the @ button.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _*,!.!_:dial to
choose the image, and then press the @
button.
Images before the first image cannot be
selected as the last image.
161

Protecting images
Protect the images.
Press the v button to choose [Protect], and
then press the @ button.
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screen in steps 2 and 3 is displayed.
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Choose [Select All images].
Following step 2 on p. 159, choose [Select All
Images] and press the @ button.
;::: Protect the images.
Press the Av buttons or turn the ;[_ii_dial to
choose [Protect], and then press the@
button.
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"Selecting a Range" or in step 2 of "Specifying All Images at Once".
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You can choose and erase unneeded images one by one. Be careful when
erasing images, because they cannot be recovered.
Choose an image to erase.
Press the _F buttons or turn the ;_ii_ dial to
choose an image.
Erase the image.
Press the v button.
After [Erase?] is displayed, press the 4),
buttons or turn the _' _: dial to choose [Erase],
and then press the @ button.
The current image is now erased.
To cancel erasure, press the _ buttons or
turn the _i_,ii_dial to choose [Cancel], and then
press the'_ button.
_J Erasing images
All
You can erase all images at once. Be careful when erasing images, because
they cannot be recovered. Protected images (p. 159) cannot be erased.
® Choosing a Selection Method
Access the setting screen.
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[Erase] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose aselection method.
Choose a menu item and a setting as desired
(p. 40).
To return to the menu screen, press the MENU
button.
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Erasing images
@Choosing images individually
Choose [Select].
Following step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select]
and press the @ button.
Choose an image.
Once you follow step 2 on p. 160 to choose
an image, _/ is displayed.
To cancel erasure, press the @ button
again. _/ is no longer displayed.
Repeat this process to specify other images.
Erase the image.
Press the MENUbutton. A confirmation
message is displayed.
........Press the 4_' buttons or turn the _!_i_:dial to
choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
@Selecting aRange
: Choose [Select Range].
Following step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select
Range] and press the @ button.
:Choose images.
Follow steps 2 - 3 on p. 161 to specify
images.
Erase the images.
Press the v button to choose [Erase], and
then press the @ button.
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Rotating images
@Specifying All images at Once
Choose [Select All images].
Following step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select All
Images] and press the @ button.
Erase the images.
Press the 4_ buttons or turn the _iii dial to
choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
Change the orientation of images and save them as follows.
;;:; Choose 9.
Press the @ button, and then choose _ in
the menu (p. 39).
Rotate the image.
Press the _ or _ button, depending on the
desired direction. Each time you press the
button, the image is rotated 90 °. Press the
@ button to complete the setting.
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Rotating images
Choose [Rotate].
Press the MENU button, and then choose
[Rotate] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Rotate the image.
Press the {_ buttons or turn the _ii_i dial to
choose an image.
The image is rotated 90 ° each time you press
the @ button.
To return to the menu screen, press the MENU
button.
(_) Movies with an image quality of _ or _'_ cannot be rotated.
Rotation is not possible when [Auto Rotate] is set to [Off] (see below).
Follow these steps to deactivate automatic rotation by the camera, which
rotates images shot in vertical orientation so they are displayed vertically on
the camera.
Press the MENU button, choose [Auto
Rotate] on the [] tab, and then choose [Off]
(p. 40).
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image Categories
(_ Images cannot be rotated (p. 165) when you set [Auto Rotate] to
[Off]. Additionally, images already rotated wi[[ be displayed in the
original orientation.
In Smart Shuffle (p. 158) mode, even if [Auto Rotate] is set to [Off],
images shot vertically will be displayed vertically, and rotated images
will be displayed in the rotated orientation.
You can tag images as favorites and assign them to My Category (p. 168). By
choosing a category in image search, you can restrict the following operations
to all of those images.
Viewing (p. 91), Viewing Slideshows (p. 156), Protecting Images (p. 159),
Erasing Images (p. 163), Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF) (p. 210),
Adding Images to a Photobook (p. 214)
Favorites
Press the @ button, and then choose "_r in
the menu (p. 39).
[Tagged as Favorite] is displayed.
To untag the image, repeat this process and
choose _" again, and then press the @
button.
@Using the Menu
:::; Choose [Favorites].
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[Favorites] on the [] tab (p. 40).
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image Categories
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Choose an image.
Press the _)' buttons or turn the _i!_ dial to
choose an image, and then press the @
button. [_ is displayed.
To untag the image, press the @ button
again. [] is no longer displayed.
Repeat this process to choose additional
images.
Finish the setup process.
Press the MENU button. A confirmation
message is displayed.
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choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
(_ Images will not be tagged as favorites if you switch to Shooting mode
or turn the camera off before finishing the setup process in step 3.
to computers running Windows 7 or Windows Vista. (Does not apply to movies.)
9Organizing images by Category (My Category)
You can organize images into categories. Note that images are automatically
categorized at the time of shooting, according to shooting conditions.
_ :Images with detected faces, or images shot in _,'_or ,_"_ mode.
:images detected as _, _, or _ in _ mode, or images shot in []
mode.
_? :images shot in _,_, "_, or _i mode.
Choose a category.
Press the @ button, and then choose _ll in
the menu (p. 39).
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image Categories
Choose images.
Press the 4_ buttons or turn the _!_ii_dial to
choose an image, press the ,,Lv buttons to
choose a category, and then press the @
button. *_#*is displayed.
To cancel selection, press the @ button
again. V€is no longer displayed.
Repeat this process to specify other images.
Finish the setup process.
Press the MENUbutton. A confirmation
message is displayed.
Press the 4b buttons or turn the f_i_:dial to
choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
(_ Images will not be assigned to a category if you switch to Shooting
mode ortum the camera off before finishing the setup process in step
3.
@Using the Menu
Access the setting screen.
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[My Category] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose aselection method.
Choose a menu item and a setting as desired
(p. 40).
To return to the menu screen, press the MENU
button.
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image Categories
@Choosing images individually
Choose [Select].
Following step 2 on p. 169, choose [Select]
and press the @ button.
Choose an image.
.........Press the 4_ buttons or turn the :[_ii: dial to
choose an image.
Choose acategory.
Press the A'v" buttons to choose a category,
and then press the @ button. _ is
displayed.
To cancel selection, press the @ button
again. %/ is no longer displayed.
Repeat this process to choose additional
images.
Finish the setup process.
Press the MENU button. A confirmation
message is displayed. Press the ,_, buttons
or turn the ;!iii:_ dial to choose [OK], and then
press the @ button.
Images will not be assigned to a category if you switch to Shooting
mode or turn the camera off before finishing the setup process in step
4.
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image Categories
@Selecting aRange
Choose [Select Range].
Following step 2 on p. 169, choose [Select
Range] and press the @ button.
Choose images.
Follow steps 2 -3 on p. 161 to specify
images.
Choose acategory.
Press the v button to choose the type of
image, and then press the 4 _ buttons or turn
the ;_ dial to choose a category.
Finish the setup process.
Press the "_" button to choose [Select], and
then press the Q button.
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choosing [Deselect] in step 4.
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Image editing (pp. 172 - 177) is only available when the memory
card has sufficient free space.
Save a copy of images at a lower resolution.
Choose [Resize].
Press the MENU button, and then choose
[Resize] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _'i_i_:dial to
choose the image, and then press the @
button.
Choose an image size.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _iii_i_dial to
choose the size, and then press tl_e@
button.
[Save new image?] is displayed.
:;: Save the new image.
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choose [OK], and then press the @ button.
The image is now saved as a new file.
Review the new image.
Press the MENU button. [Display new
image?] is displayed.
Press the _ buttons ortum the ti_i_ dial to
choose [Yes], and then press the @ button.
The saved image is now displayed.
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Editing Still images
i_) Editing is not possible for images saved as XS in step 3.
Images cannot be resized to a higher resolution.
_P Cropping
You can specify a portion of an image to save as a separate image file.
:; Choose [Trimming].
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[Trimming] on the [] tab (p, 40).
Choose an image.
........Press the _ buttons or turn the ¢_:ii_dial to
choose the image, and then press the @
button.
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Editing Still images
Cropping Area
Preview of Image After
Cropping
Resolution After Cropping
Adjust the cropping area.
A frame is displayed around the portion of the
image to be cropped.
The original image is shown in the upper left,
and a preview of the image as cropped is
shown in the lower right.
To resize the frame, move the zoom lever.
To move the frame, press the ._,'_" _ ), buttons.
To change the frame orientation, press the
DISR button.
Faces detected in the image are shown with
gray frames around them (in the upper-left
image), which can be used for cropping.
Switch between frames as needed by turning
the !!_ dial.
Press the @ button.
.... Save as a new image and review.
Follow steps 4 - 5 on p. 172.
(_) Editing is not possible for images shot at a resolution of S (P. 79) or
resized to XS (p. 172).
Images supported for cropping will have the same aspect ratio after cropping.
Cropped images will have a smaller resolution than uncropped images.
If you crop still images shot using Face ID, only the names of the people left in
the cropped image will remain.
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Editing Still images
_J Changing image (My Colors)
Color Tones
You can adjust image colors and then save the edited image as a separate
file. For details on each option, see p. 122.
Choose [My Colors].
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[My Colors] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _i_i_dial to
choose the image, and then press the @
button.
Choose an option.
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choose an option, and then press the @
button.
:Save as a new image and review.
Follow steps 4 - 5 on p. 172.
Image quality of pictures you repeatedly edit this way will be a little
lower each time, and you may not be able to obtain the desired color.
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images shot using My Colors (p. 122).
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Editing Still images
Excessively dark image areas (such as faces or backgrounds) can be
detected and automatically adjusted to the optimal brightness. Insufficient
overall image contrast isalso automatically corrected, to make subjects stand
out better. Choose from four correction levels, and then save the image as a
separate file.
Choose [i=Contrast].
Press the MENU button, and then choose [i-
Contrast] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
Press the _ buttons or turn the _'i_i_dial to
choose an image, and then press the @
button.
Choose an option.
Press the _F buttons or turn the _ii_: dial to
choose an option, and then press the @
button.
Save as a new image and review.
Follow steps 4 - 5 on p. 172.
(_ For some images, correction may be inaccurate or may cause
images to appear grainy.
Images may look grainy after repeated editing using this function.
[Low], [Medium], or [High].
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Editing Still images
_Correcting Red-Eye
Automatically corrects images affected by red-eye. You can save the
corrected image as a separate file.
::;;Choose [Red=Eye Correction].
Press the MENUbutton, and then choose
[Red-Eye Correction] on the [] tab (p. 40).
Choose an image.
........Press the _ buttons or turn the _:*ii_dial to
choose an image.
Correct the image.
Press the @ button.
Red-eye detected by the camera is now
corrected, and frames are displayed around
corrected image areas.
Enlarge or reduce images as needed. Follow
the steps in "Magnifying Images" (p. 156).
Save as a new image and review.
Press the Av { _ buttons or turn the ;,_i'i_.dial
to choose [New File], and then press ihe @
button.
The image is now saved as a new file.
Follow step 5 on p. I72.
Some images may not be corrected accurately.
To overwrite the original image with the corrected image, choose
[Overwrite] in step 4. In this case, the original image will be erased.
Protected images cannot be overwritten.
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