AUTO record mode screen display. The Zoom indicator displays briefly whenever the Zoom is operated. The "6M*" icon indicates the image resolution is 6-megapixels at High quality. Flash is set to Auto and will fire when needed and there's 66 pictures remaining at the current image resolution.

When you half-press the shutter release the autofocus is locked and the exposure is calculated and set. If autofocus was successful the AF dot icon is green, if it fails it is red and blinks.

Record menu options:

Image mode - 2816 High (6M), 2816 Normal (6M), 2048 Normal (3M), 1024 PC screen (1M) or 640 TV screen (VGA)

White Balance - Auto, Custom WB, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy or Speedlight

Metering - Matrix or Center-weighted

Continuous - Shooting mode: Single frame, Continuous, Multi-Shot 16

BSS - Best Shot Selector: On or Off (Shoots up to 10 frames and then automatically saves the best [sharpest/clearest] one)

Color Options - Standard, Vivid, Black-and-white, Sepia, Cyanotype

AF Area Mode - Auto (5-area) or Center

AF Mode - Single AF or Continuous AF

If the Menu option is set to "icon" then this is what your menu will look like.

Whenever you are making a menu selection you can press the Help button (telephoto zoom) to display a brief explanation of the mode or option.

Pressing the 4-way selector "up" changes flash modes, "right" enables self-timer and "down" to enable macro focus mode. You set these options via onscreen popups as shown above.

Scene mode options include: Scene Assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night portrait), Scene (Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Back light, Panorama assist)

The first four scene modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports and Night Portrait) have their own sub-menus of further choices.

Portrait - Face Priority AF mode actually detects the presence of a human face in the frame and focuses on it. Some of the other portrait scene modes have onscreen framing guides to help you properly position your subject for the desired effect.

Movie mode options:

TV Movie - Color 640 x 480 pixels, 15fps

Small Movie - Color 320 x 240 pixels, 30fps

Smaller Movie - Color 160 x 120 pixels, 30fps

Autofocus mode - Single or Continuous AF