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The playback screen with information display enabled. A key icon indicates that the image
has been protected, and a musical note icon indicates that audio has been recorded (neither
are shown above.) Upper right corner has the image size 7M, image quality Fine, battery
level is low, folder name (103) and image number (0083), current image is 10 of 18 total
images. The time and date is on the bottom status line.
Pressing the DISPLAY button will put the extended exposure information over the image and
includes a histogram, the exposure mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO speed and white
balance mode.
Toggling the zoom lever to the Wide angle position brings up the thumbnail index mode
display. You can bring up 9 or 25 images per page as well as the calendar display, allowing
you to quickly sort though saved images.
Toggling the zoom lever to Telephoto allows you to enlarge the current image up to 16X
in four steps. At any point you can use the 4-way selector to scroll around inside of
the enlarged image.
Playback Menu options:
Slide Show - Auto playback of all images or just those selected for DPOF printing Favorite - Add the image to favorite list Rotate Display - Automatically rotate vertical images Rotate - Manually rotates images Date Stamp - Single image or Multi DPOF Print - Select one or all images for later printing Protect - Protect/Unprotect one or all images Audio DUB. - Add an audio memo to a stored image Resize - Make a smaller image Trimming - Create a new smaller image from a zoom-cropped larger image. Aspect Conv. - Convert an image to a different aspect ratio Copy - Copy image data between SD memory card and internal memory. Format - Format the internal memory or SD card
The Dual Display option allows you to view two images vertically at the same time. You can
also scroll through images as well as use the magnify option. This is great for comparing
shots.
The Resize option lets you "down size" larger images.
The Trim option lets you crop an image and save it as a smaller image.
You can also add audio memos to your saved photos.
Movies are played back fullscreen on the LCD or a television set when using the supplied
audio/video cables. When played back in-camera, sound is heard through the built-in speaker.
You get VCR like controls to pause, stop, fast forward and rewind.
Setup Menu (same in record or play mode):
World Time - Choose World time settings Monitor - Adjust LCD monitor brightness Guide Line - Enable grid lines (Pattern), the Histogram display, or Rec. info Travel Date - Set a travel date Auto Review - Auto review after capture (off, 1s, 3s, Zoom) Power Save - Auto power off delay, 1m, 2m, 5m, 10m Zoom Resume - Resumes the zoom position when camera was last turned off Economy - Save battery power by turning LCD off automatically after 15 or 5 secs. Beep - Camera beep sounds, Off, Soft or Loud Shutter - Choose the tone and volume of the shutter Volume - Set volume of camera sounds No. Reset - Reset file numbering counter Reset - Reset all settings to factory default Video Out - Video output signal format, NTSC or PAL TV aspect - 4:3 or 16:9 Scene Menu - Auto or Off Dial Display - On or Off Language - Select the Menu language |
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