■Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots
•The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image composition. The actual image will be recorded at the quality set for the image quality setting.
•Subject brightness conditions can cause monitor screen response to slow and can cause digital noise in the monitor screen image.
•Shooting a very bright subject can cause a vertical band to appear in the monitor screen image. This does not indicate malfunction. The band will not be recorded in a snapshot, but will be recorded in the case of a movie.
■Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent Lighting
•Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the brightness or color of an image.
Auto Focus Restrictions
•Proper focus may not be possible when shooting the following types of subjects.
–Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject
–Strongly back lit subject
–Very shiny subject
–Blinds or other subject with a repeating horizontal pattern
–Multiple subjects at varying distances from the camera
–Subject in a dark location
–Subject that is too far away for light from the AF assist lamp to reach
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–Subjects outside the focus range of the camera
•Proper focus may not be possible if the camera is moved while shooting.
•An image may be out of focus even though the operation lamp is lit green and the focus frame is green.
–If you cannot focus properly, try using focus lock (page 114) or manual focus (page 116).
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