IMPORTANT!

•You may not be able to achieve the brightness you want when shooting an image that is very dark or very bright. If this happens, use the M mode to adjust the aperture or shutter speed manually.

•Due to the characteristics of the camera’s semiconductor, slow shutter speeds can cause digital noise to appear in the image. Because of this, the camera automatically performs a noise reduction process whenever the shutter speed is

1 second or slower. The slower the shutter speed, the greater the possibility that noise will be generated in an image. Because of the time required for noise reduction, the record operation takes longer for images shot at slower shutter speeds. Do not perform any key operation while the image recording operation is in progress.

•Due to the characteristics of the imaging element used by the camera, very fast moving objects in an image may appear distorted.

•Depending on the shutter speed setting and the recording mode you used, the brightness of what appears on the monitor screen when you record the image may be different from the brightness of the recorded image.

•Image AS (page 81) does not work in the S mode and M mode. You can, however, turn on Camera AS, if you like.

•The recording mode changes to t (Auto) automatically whenever you shoot a movie with the “STD” or “HD” movie mode (page 64).

•The aperture, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity settings configured with the snapshot A Mode, S Mode, or M Mode are used when shooting a movie with the “HS” movie mode (page 64). Note, however, that the shutter speed range is limited in accordance with the frame rate specified for the high-speed movie.

•When recording with some modes, light source flicker can cause horizontal bands to appear in the image.

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Snapshot Tutorial