Operation Manual

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MACRO
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Advanced Features Photography
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Selecting Macro mode allows you to take close-
up shots.
The Macro mode setting changes each time you
press the e button.
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Use this function when you want to take pictures
with the exposure fixed for a particular subject.
Frame the shot so that the subject occupies
most of the center of the screen and then press
the $ button.
The % icon appears on the screen and the
exposure is locked while you hold down the
$ button.
With the
$ button held down, press the
shutter button down halfway to focus the shot
and then compose the shot again.
!
Once you press the shutter button down halfway, the
exposure remains locked even if you release the
$
button.
!
When the AE lock is applied, pressing the shutter button
down halfway only sets the focus.
!
This function cannot be used in < photography mode
or for Long-period continuous shooting with 1280
×
960
-pixel mode.
e
MACRO
(
CLOSE-UP
)
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Macro mode is automatically cancelled in the following
situations:
i When the photography mode is changed to
>
(excluding +) T or ~
i When you switch to playback mode
i When the camera is switched off.
!
If the flash is too bright, use flash brightness adjustment
(P.56).
!
A tripod should be used to avoid camera shake.
(
+
only
)
Shooting distance
Macro
Approx. 10 cm-80 cm
(3.9 in.-2.6 ft.)
Super Macro
Shooting distance with
flash
Approx. 30 cm-80 cm
(1.0 ft.-2.6 ft.)
Approx. 1 cm-20 cm
(0.4 in.-7.9 in.)
Flash cannot be used.
Optical zoom focal length
(35 mm camera equivalent)
Optical zooming cannot be
used.
Approx. 35 mm-80 mm
Max. zoom scale 2.3×