•Image composing also will start automatically if you stop moving the camera during super-wide shooting. After you stop moving the camera, the message “Busy... Please wait...” appears as the camera processes the image. Wait until this message disappears before using the camera. Image shooting is disabled while the message is displayed.

NOTE

•The “14 mm” and “18 mm” angle of view values are approximate and are provided for reference only. Actual angle of view values are not guaranteed.

•Zoom operations are not supported during Wide Shot shooting. The zoom setting is fixed at full wide angle.

•This function makes it possible to shoot images with a maximum angle of view of 14 mm or 18 mm. Note, however, that shooting conditions can result in a smaller angle of view.

•The following conditions are not compatible with Wide Shot shooting.

–Subject whose brightness is very different from that of its surroundings due to artificial light, sunlight, etc.

–Rivers, waves, waterfalls, or other subject with constantly changing patterns

–Sky, beach, or other subject with continuous patterns

–Camera too close to the main subject

–Moving subject

–Panning upwards on a skyscraper or some other very tall structure or object

–Dark surroundings

•Any of the following can cause Wide Shot operation to stop part way through.

–Subject or camera movement

–Camera movement that is too fast or too slow

–Camera movement outside of the required route

–Camera movement in the wrong direction

•Shooting a Wide Shot image after half-pressing the shutter button to perform Auto Focus may not produce the desired results if there are considerable differences in the brightness, color, and/or focus of the individual images. If this happens, try changing the focus position by focusing on a different subject, etc.

•Since a Wide Shot image is created by joining multiple images together, there may be some roughness at the point where two images are joined.

•Shooting under a flickering light source (such as fluorescent lighting) may result in uneven brightness and/or coloring in the final Wide Shot image.

•The exposure and white balance when shooting Wide Shot images are fixed at the levels measured when you half-press the shutter button at the beginning of the operation.

•With this BEST SHOT scene, the flash setting automatically becomes ? (Flash Off).

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Using BEST SHOT