OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

IMPORTANT!

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

Using slow shutter speeds can cause digital noise (graininess) to appear in the image. Because of this, the camera automatically performs a digital noise reduction process whenever the shutter speed is 1/8 second or slower. The slower the shutter speed, the greater the possibility that digital noise will be generated in an image. Because of the time required for noise reduction, it takes longer to record images at slower shutter speeds. Do not perform any key operation while image recording is being performed, which is indicated when the green operation lamp is flashing.

At shutter speeds slower than 1/8 second, the brightness of the recorded image may not be the same as the brightness of the image that appears on the monitor screen.

Using a Continuous Shutter Mode

You can configure the camera to record only a single snapshot each time the shutter button is pressed, or to keep recording as long as the shutter button remains depressed (continuous shutter). You can select from among three different continuous shutter modes.

Normal continuous shutter mode

This mode records images as long as you keep the shutter button depressed.

Zoom continuous shutter mode

In this mode, you can select an area on the monitor screen with a selection boundary. Then when you press the shutter button, the camera records the monitor screen image and the area enclosed in the selection boundary, digitally zoomed to twice its normal size.

Multi continuous shutter mode

Pressing the shutter button once records 25 consecutive stop-action shots at high speed and combines them into a single image.

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