Ability Enterprise Co. Ltd. AA0D0 Manuale Utente

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Operating the camera

The procedure below is a general guideline for basic operation. It is particularly useful if you are 
new to the camera.

1.  Use the power switch to turn the power on. 
2.  Be sure that you have removed the lens cover before turning on the camera.
3.  Set the mode dial to desired shooting mode.
4.  If you need to use the flash for shooting, press the flash button to open the flash light.
5.  Use the zoom lever for zooms.
6.  Press the shutter halfway to set automatic focus. Once the focus is set, a beep sounds.
7.  Press the shutter down fully to capture the image.
8.  To switch to movie mode, press  . The video recording automatically starts. While 

recording, use the zoom lever to zoom-in/zoom-out for close-ups. Press   again to stop 

video recording.

9.  To switch to playback mode, press  . In playback mode, you can view captured images or 

recorded videos. You can use 4-way control to view other images/videos, slide the zoom 

lever to 

 to zoom-in on a captured image, or slide the zoom lever to 

 to view 

9-thumbnail images on the screen.

• During zoom-in/out, there is a separator in the zoom bar between 

 and 

. For best image quality, it is 

recommended to use optical zoom only by keeping the magnification within 

 and the separator.

• Flash is automatically turned off in the movie mode.
• In movie mode, the camera records both sound and video. The recording time is continuous, but recording will 

stop once the memory card space is full.

• At any time, you can use the power switch to turn off the camera.