Digital Camera Operating Instructions

Basic

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Subjects and recording conditions which are difﬁ cult to focus

• Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects without contrast

• When recording subjects through windows or near shiny objects

• When it is dark or when jitter occurs

• When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant and

near subjects (when the recordable range display has appeared in red).

Preventing jitter (camera shake)

When the jitter alert [

] appears, use [STABILIZER] (P59), a tripod or the self-timer

(P40).

• Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still

from the moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen.

We recommend using a tripod.

– Slow sync./Red-eye reduction

– In [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLE LIGHT], [STARRY

SKY] or [FIREWORKS] in Scene Mode

Direction detection function

Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). This

function works only when [ROTATE DISP.] (P70) is set to [ON].

• Pictures may not be displayed vertically if they were taken with the camera aimed up or

down.

• Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.

Taking Pictures with the Zoom

Recording mode:

Using the optical zoom/ the extended optical zoom (EZ)/ the digital zoom

You can make people and subjects appear closer with the optical zoom, and landscapes

can be recorded in wide angle. To make subjects appear even closer (maximum of 6.4 ×),

set the [PICTURE SIZE] to 5M or less.

Even higher levels of magniﬁ cation are possible when [DIGITAL ZOOM] is set to [ON] in

[REC] menu.

To make subjects appear closer use (Tele)

Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.

To make subjects appear further away use (Wide)

Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide.

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