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Commonly Used Shooting Functions

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Shooting with the Optical Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . . 67 Magnified Close-Up Shooting (Digital Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Shooting Close-Ups/Infinity Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Changing the Recording Pixels/ Compression (Still Images) 75 Configuring the Postcard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Embedding the Date in the Image Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Various Shooting Methods

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Shooting in Modes for Special Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Shooting in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Setting the Slow Synchro Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist). . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Checking the Focus and Peoples’ Expressions

(Focus Check). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Switching between Focusing Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock). 100 Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Locking the Flash Exposure Setting (FE Lock) . . . . . . . . . 103

Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Reducing the Effects of Camera Shake (Auto ISO Shift). . .105 Adjusting the Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Switching between Metering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Setting the Shutter Speed (Long Shutter Mode) . . . . . . . . 109 Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Shooting in a My Colors Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Changing Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Categorizing Images Automatically (Auto Category) . . . . . 121 Registering Settings to the Print/Share Button . . . . . 122 Setting the Display Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124