important when

Holding the Camera Correctly

Your images will not come out

Horizontal

Vertical

clearly if you move the camera

when you press the shutter

 

 

button. When pressing the

 

 

shutter button, be sure to hold

 

 

the camera as shown in the

 

 

illustration, and keep it still by

 

 

pressing your arms firmly

 

 

against your sides as you shoot.

 

 

Holding the camera still,

Hold the camera so the flash is above the lens.

carefully press the shutter button

and take care to avoid all

 

 

movement as the shutter

releases and for a few moments after it releases. This is especially available lighting is low, which slows down the shutter speed.

NOTE

To protect against accidentally dropping

Attach strap here.

 

the camera and damaging it, attachment

 

 

and use of an optionally available wrist

 

 

strap or a sufficiently strong

 

 

commercially available camera wrist

 

 

strap is recommended.

 

 

Make sure to keep the strap around your

Flash

 

fingers or wrist while operating the

 

Front lamp

 

camera.

• Take care to make sure your fingers and

 

 

the strap do not cover any of the areas

 

 

indicated in the illustration.

 

• Never swing the camera around by the

 

 

strap.

 

When the “Auto Rotate” setting is turned

 

 

on, the camera will detect whether it is

Lens

being held vertically or horizontally when

a snapshot image is shot. When you display an image shot with the camera held vertically, the image is rotated automatically 90 degrees when displayed on the monitor screen (page 155).

IMPORTANT!

• Take care to ensure that your fingers are not blocking or are not too close to the flash. Fingers can cause unwanted shadows when using the flash.

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