Holding the Camera Correctly

Your images will not come out 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 below, and keep it still by pressing your arms firmly against your sides as you shoot.

Holding the camera still, 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 important when available lighting is low, which slows down the shutter speed.

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Hold the camera so the flash is above the lens.

NOTE

•To protect against accidentally dropping 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 fingers or wrist while operating the 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.

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Attach strap here.

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Flash

Front lamp

Lens

Microphone

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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