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Basic
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When you want to take a subject
outside the AF area (AF/AE Lock)
When recording a picture of people with a
composition like the following picture, you
will not be able to focus the camera on the
subject because the people are outside the
AF area.
In this case,
1 Aim the AF area at the subject.
2 Press the shutter button halfway to fi x
the focus and the exposure.
• The focus indication lights when the
subject is focused.
3 Press and hold the shutter button
halfway while moving the camera as
you compose the picture.
4 Press the shutter button fully.
• You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lock
before pressing the shutter button fully.
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Direction detection function
• If you take pictures by holding the
camera vertically, the information of the
rotation on the pictures is automatically
added and recorded to the pictures.
When [ROTATE DISP.] (P74) is set to
[ON], you can rotate and display pictures
on the screen or the TV according to the
information of the rotation on the pictures.
• This function may not work properly on
pictures recorded by aiming the camera
up or down.
• In motion picture mode [
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], you cannot
use the direction detection function.
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Preventing jitter (camera shake)
• Be careful of jittering when pressing the
shutter button.
• The jitter alert
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appears when the
shutter speed is slow and the chances of
blurring are greater.
• When the jitter alert appears, take special
care with the shooting methods described
on P25, or use a tripod for best results.
By combining the use of a tripod with the
self-timer (P43), you can avoid blurring
caused when you press the shutter
button.
• 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.
– [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT
SCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLE
LIGHT], [STARRY SKY],
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P47)
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