The Digital Photography Companion

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TRASH BUTTON

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TIP ▼

A handy tip to ensure that the camera focuses on the area you want is to point the

camera directly at what’s most important, hold the shutter button down halfway,

recompose the picture, and then press the shutter button the rest of the way to

make the exposure.

Trash Button

Pressing the trash button removes the current picture displayed on the LCD monitor.

is button doesn’t usually remove all pictures on a memory card; for that, you have to

select the Erase All function via the onscreen menu.

Tripod Socket

e tripod socket allows you to attach the camera to a tripod or flash bracket. Metal

sockets are more durable and therefore superior to plastic ones.

USB Mass Storage

USB Mass Storage device connectivity enables the camera to be connected to a com-

puter without using any special drivers, much in the same way that you mount an ex-

ternal hard drive by plugging it in. You can then “drag and drop” your pictures from the

camera to the computer, or use an image application to download them.

Digital cameras that are USB Mass Storage devices can be connected to computers run-

ning the following operating systems without installing any software: Windows Vista,

XP, 2000, ME, and 98 SE, plus Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

Video Out Connection

e video out connection lets you connect the camera directly to a television or other

monitor to display ...