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[. . . ] User Manual
This user manual includes detailed usage instructions for your camera. Please read this manual thoroughly.
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Health and safety information
Always comply with the following precautions and usage tips to avoid dangerous situations and ensure peak performance of your camera.
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
· Use only Samsung-approved batteries and chargers. Incompatible
batteries and chargers can cause serious injuries or damage to your camera.
Safety warnings
· Never dispose of batteries in a fire. [. . . ] You can manually set the White Balance by shooting a white sheet of paper. Fill the spot metering circle with the paper and set the White Balance.
* These options can be customized.
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White Balance (light source)
Customizing preset options
You can also customize preset White Balance options. In Shooting mode, press [m] 1 or 6 White Balance an option, and then press [f].
WB Adjust
Option
Description
Color Temp. : Manually adjust the color temperature of the light source. Color temperature is a measurement in degrees Kelvin that indicates the specific type of light source. As the color temperature increases, the color distribution becomes cooler. Alternatively, as the color temperature decreases, the color distribution becomes warmer.
Clear sky Fluorescent_H Cloudy Daylight Fuorescent_L Halogen lamp Tungsten
Back
Reset
Candle light
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White Balance (light source)
Examples
Auto WB
Daylight
Fluorescent Daylight
Tungsten
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Picture Wizard (photo styles)
Picture Wizard lets you apply different photo styles to your photo to create various looks and emotional moods. You can also create and save your own photo styles by adjusting color, saturation, sharpness, and contrast for each style. Experiment with different styles and find your own settings.
Standard Vivid Portrait ] an option.
Examples
To set a photo style,
In Shooting mode, press [
Landscape
Forest
Retro
Cool
Calm
Classic
You can also adjust the value of the preset style settings. Select a Picture Wizard option, press [F], and then adjust color, saturation, sharpness, or contrast.
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Color space
Digital imaging devices such as digital cameras, monitors, and printers have their own methods for representing colors, which are called color spaces.
Adobe RGB
Your camera lets you select two color spaces: sRGB or Adobe RGB. sRGB is widely used for creating colors on PC monitors and is also the standard color space for Exif. sRGB is recommended for regular images and images you intend to publish on the Internet. Adobe RGB is used for commercial printing and has a larger color range than sRGB. Its wider range of colors helps you to easily edit photos on a computer. Note that individual programs are generally compatible with a limited number of color spaces. If you open an image in a program that is not compatible with the image's color space, the colors will appear lighter.
To set the color space,
In Shooting mode, press [f] Color Space an option.
sRGB
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AF mode
Learn how to adjust the camera's focus according to the subjects. You can select a focusing mode appropriate to the subject among Single Auto Focus, Continuous Auto Focus, and Manual Focus. In the MF mode, you have to rotate the focus ring on the lens to focus manually. Fast moving subjects or subjects of a color similar to the background are difficult to focus. If your lens has an AF/MF switch, set the switch to MF to adjust the focus manually.
Single AF
Single AF is appropriate for shooting a still subject. The area turns green when the focus is achieved.
When your lens has no AF/MF switch, press [F] to select a desired AF mode.
To set the auto focus mode,
In Shooting mode, press [F] an option.
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AF mode
Continuous AF
While you are pressing [Shutter] halfway, the camera continues to automatic focusing. Once the focus area is fixed on the subject, the subject is always in focus even when moving. This mode is recommended for shooting a person on a bicycle, a running dog, or a car racing scene.
Manual focus
You can manually focus on a subject by rotating the focus ring on the lens. [. . . ] High resolution images contain more pixels and typically show more detail than low resolution images.
White Balance (color balance)
An adjustment of the intensities of colors (typically the primary colors red, green, and blue), in an image. The goal of adjusting the White Balance, or color balance, is to correctly render the colors in an image.
Shutter speed
Shutter speed refers to the amount of time it takes to open and close the shutter, and it is an important factor in the brightness of a photo, as it controls the amount of light which passes through the aperture before it reaches the image sensor. A fast shutter speed allows less time to let light in and the photo becomes darker and more easily freezes subjects in motion.
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Appendix
Optional accessories
Camera bag You can purchase the camera bag separately. Memory card This camera accepts SD (Secure Digital) and SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card. [. . . ]