Taking Photos

Here is a general procedure for taking photos:

Slide the mode selector to the OFF position;		See Understanding Buttons
Insert battery;		See Changing Battery
Insert Compact Flash card;		See Inserting and Removing Compact Flash Memory Card
Rotate the lens unit until the non-slip grip is visible		See the first part of Setting Date and Time
Slide the mode selector to the shooting position;		See the first part of Setting Date and Time
while (there are more photos to take) {
	Compose, and focus;
	Press the shutter release button all the way down;	See Understanding Buttons
}
Slide the mode selector to the playback position;
Browse your work;		See Playback
Slide the mode selector to OFF position;
Rotate the lens section back;

Some Important Notes

Always pay attention to the battery icon on the LCD monitor. If it blinks, prepare to change battery.

When the flash indicator (see the image below) next to the FLASH button turns on, the illumination of the scene is insufficient, and the internal flash will fire.

What If You Don't Want the Image You Just Take?

It is always possible that you do not want to keep the image you just took. You can certainly delete it later. Please refer to Basic Playback for the details. However, there is a simple way to delete the image immediately after it is taken. Right after the shutter release button is pressed to take an image, that image will be shown on the LCD monitor for a short period of time while it is being saved to the Compact Flash card. While this image is still on the monitor, press the FLASH button:

The following screen appears, asking you for confirmation:

If you do not want to delete this image, just press the right arrow of the multi-selector and the camera returns to normal shooting operation. If you really want to delete that image, press the down arrow of the multi-selector to highlight Yes, followed by the right arrow to select. Then, the image will be deleted and the camera returns to normal shooting operation.

The Quick Review Mode

What if you wish to review your work while you are still in a shooting mode? It is easy to do: Just press the QUICK button. This will bring the camera to the Quick Review mode without sliding the mode selector to the playback mode. This is a very handy feature. Refer to the Basic Playback page for the details.