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Shooting
Setting the Auto Rotate Function
The camera is equipped with an Intelligent Orientation sensor that
detects the orientation of an image shot with the camera on end and
automatically rotates it to the correct viewing orientation in the display.
You can set this function on/off.
•See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 37).
•Use the or button to select [On]
or [Off].
•The display will return to the Rec. menu.
•When the Auto Rotate function is set to
On and the LCD monitor is set to the
detailed display mode, the icon
(normal), icon (right end is down) or
icon (left end is down) will appear in
the upper right of the display.
•When the camera is held on end to shoot, the Intelligent
Orientation sensor judges the upper end to be “up” and the
lower end to be “down.” It then only uses the upper two of
the three AF frames (when the AiAF function is On) to raise the
accuracy of the focus, exposure and white balance metering.
The bottom AF frame disappears. This function operates
regardless of the On/ Off status of the Auto Rotate function.
•This function may not operate correctly when the camera is
pointed straight up or down. Check that the arrow is pointing
in the right direction and if it is not, then set the Auto Rotate
function to Off.
•Even if the Auto Rotate function is set to on, the
orientation of images downloaded to a computer will
depend upon the software used to download the images.
In the (Rec.) menu,
select .
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