Holding the Camera Correctly
Your images will not come out | Horizontal | Vertical |
clearly if you move the camera | ||
when you press the shutter |
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button. When pressing the |
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shutter button, be sure to hold |
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the camera as shown in the |
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illustration, and keep it still by |
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pressing your arms firmly |
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against your sides as you shoot. |
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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 |
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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 |
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| and use of an optionally available wrist |
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| strap or a sufficiently strong |
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| commercially available camera wrist |
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| strap is recommended. |
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| Make sure to keep the strap around your | Flash |
| fingers or wrist while operating the | |
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| camera. | |
• Take care to make sure your fingers and |
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| the strap do not cover any of the areas |
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| indicated in the illustration. |
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• Never swing the camera around by the |
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• | When the “Auto Rotate” setting is turned |
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| 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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