❚ Using High Speed CS and Prerecord CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ❚ Continuous Shutter Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

❚❙ Recording Movies

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To record a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

❚ Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Recording a High-definition Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recording a High Speed Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Using Prerecord Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Prerecord (Movie)) . . 60 Recording a Movie for YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (For YouTube) . . 62 Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

❚❙ Using BEST SHOT

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What is BEST SHOT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

❚ Some Sample Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 ❚ To shoot an image with BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 ❚ Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Shooting with a Blurred Background . . . . . . . . . . .

(Blurred Background) . .

68

Shooting with a Super Wide Angle of View . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . (Wide Shot) . .

69

Shooting with High Speed Night Scene

. . . . . . . .(High Speed Night Scene/High Speed Night Scene and Portrait) . . 72 Shooting with High Speed Anti Shake . . . . . . . .(High Speed Anti Shake) . . 73 Digitally Correcting for Overexposure and Underexposure . . . . . . (HDR) . . 73 Shooting Snapshots and Movies Digitally Processed for

Artistic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (HDR Art) . . 74

❚ To shoot a snapshot with HDR Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 ❚ To shoot a movie with HDR Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(HDR Art Movie). . . 75

Expanding the Zoom Range to

Shoot Clearer Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Multi SR Zoom) . . 76 Shooting a Panorama Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Slide Panorama) . . 77 Configuring the Camera to Help You

Better Time Your Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Lag Correction) . . 79 Shooting with Priority on Subject Faces . . . . (High Speed Best Selection) . . 81 Using the Situation-specific CS Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using the Situation-specific High Speed Movie Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

❚❙ Advanced Settings

85

Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 REC Mode Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (REC) . . 87

❚ Zooming with Super Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Zoom (SR)). . . 87 ❚ Selecting a Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Focus). . . 87 ❚ Using the Self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Self-timer). . . 90 ❚ Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement . . . . (Anti Shake). . . 91 ❚ Specifying the Auto Focus Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AF Area). . . 92 ❚ Using the Auto Focus Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(AF Assist Light). . . 93 ❚ Shooting with Face Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Face Detection). . . 93

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