BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

■Recording Precautions

•Never open the battery cover or place the camera onto the USB cradle while the green operation lamp is flashing. Doing so not only causes the current image to be lost, it can also corrupt images already stored in file memory and even lead to malfunction of the camera.

•Never remove the memory card while an image is being recorded to the memory card.

•Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency that cannot be detected by the human eye. When using the camera indoors under such lighting, you may experience some brightness or color problems with recorded images.

•When “Auto” is selected for the ISO sensitivity setting (page 100), the camera automatically adjusts its sensitivity in accordance with the brightness of the subject. This can cause some digital noise (graininess) to appear in images of relatively dark subjects.

•When recording a dimly lit subject while “Auto” is selected for the ISO sensitivity setting (page 100), the camera increases sensitivity and uses a slower shutter speed. Because of this, you need to guard against camera

movement if you have flash turned off (page 59).

•Bright light shining on the lens can cause images to appear “washed out”. This tends to happen when recording images outdoors in bright sunlight. To protect against this, use your free hand to shade the lens from the light.

■About Auto Focus

•Auto Focus tends not to work well if the camera is moved during recording, or when recording the types of subjects listed below.

—Solid color walls or subjects with little contrast

—Strongly backlit subjects

—Polished metal or other brightly reflective subjects

—Venetian blinds or other horizontally repeating patterns

—Multiple subjects that are varying distances from the camera

—Subjects in poorly lit areas

—Moving subjects

•Note that a green operation lamp and focus frame do not necessarily guarantee that the resulting image will be in focus.

•If Auto Focus does not produce the results you want for some reason, try using focus lock (page 75) or manual focus (page 74).

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