User's Manual

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Shooting Features
Choose a Style (Shooting with Selected Shooting Conditions and Effects)
J Underwater face framing
• You can take pictures of human faces underwater automatically without submerging
your face.
• When Underwater face framing is set, the waterproofing-related messages are
displayed.
Confirm each message and press the multi selector K to display the next message.
Press flexible button 4 (O) to skip the messages and change to the shooting screen.
• See “<Important> Shockproof, Waterproof, Dustproof, Condensation” (Axi-xvi) for
more information about using the camera underwater.
• When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while the shooting screen is
displayed, automatic shooting begins. Submerge the camera into the water, and point
it at a human face underwater. When the camera detects a human face, the power-on
lamp and self-timer lamp flash, and the shutter is automatically released. When the
shutter is released, the lamps flash quickly.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way again to stop shooting. When four images
are captured or the camera remains in automatic shooting mode for about 30 seconds,
shooting ends automatically.
• When shooting ends, the captured images are displayed on the screen. Press flexible
button 4 (O) to return to the shooting screen.
• The zoom position is fixed at wide-angle position.
• The flash is set to y Flash off, but the setting can be changed (A27).
• The self-timer is not available (A28).
• The camera may not be able to detect faces depending on the clarity of the water or
the shape of the goggles used.
O Shoot at intervals
• The camera can automatically capture still images at pre-determined intervals. Images
captured in one shooting are saved in one folder and can be viewed in a slide show
(A73).
• Press flexible button 2 (d Shoot every 30 seconds), flexible button 3 (e Shoot
once a minute), or flexible button 4 (f Shoot every 5 minutes) to set the shooting
interval.
• The maximum number of images that can be captured depends on the selected
interval.
- Shoot every 30 seconds: Approx. 280 images
- Shoot once a minute: Approx. 140 images
- Shoot every 5 minutes: Approx. 30 images
• Use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during
shooting.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to capture the first image. In
between each shot, the screen turns off and the power-on lamp flashes. The screen
automatically turns on again just before the next image is captured.
• Press the shutter-release button halfway to stop shooting.
• The flash is set to w Auto flash, but the setting can be changed (A27).
• The self-timer is not available (A28).