Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

❚ Using High Speed CS and Prerecord CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 ❚ Continuous Shutter Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Digitally Correcting for Overexposure and Underexposure . . . . . . (HDR) . . 58 Shooting Snapshots Digitally Processed for Artistic Effect . . . . (HDR Art) . . 59

❚ To shoot a movie with HDR Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(HDR Art Movie). . . 60

Expanding the Zoom Range to

Shoot Clearer Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Multi SR Zoom) . . 61 Shooting a Panorama Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Slide Panorama) . . 62

❚❙ Recording Movies

64

To record a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

❚ Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Recording a High-definition Movie. . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 67

Recording a High Speed Movie . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 67

Using Prerecord Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . .(Prerecord (Movie))

. . 69

Recording a Movie for YouTube . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . (For YouTube)

. . 71

Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie

. . . . . (Snapshot In Movie)

. . 72

❚❙ Using BEST SHOT

 

73

What is BEST SHOT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

❚ Some Sample Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

To shoot with BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

❚ Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Shooting with a Blurred Background . . . . . .

. . . . . (Blurred Background)

. . 77

Shooting with a Super Wide Angle of View .

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

. . 78

Shooting with High Speed Night Scene

 

 

. . . . . . . .(High Speed Night Scene/High Speed Night Scene and Portrait)

. . 81

Shooting with High Speed Anti Shake . . . . .

. . .(High Speed Anti Shake)

. . 82

Shooting with Priority on Subject Faces . . . .

(High Speed Best Selection)

. . 83

Configuring the Camera to Help You

 

 

Better Time Your Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . (Lag Correction)

. . 84

Using the Situation-specific CS Scenes . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 86

Using the Situation-specific High Speed Movie Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 88

❚❙ Advanced Settings

 

89

Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 REC Mode Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (REC) . . 91

❚ Zooming with Super Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Zoom (SR)). . . 91 ❚ Selecting a Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Focus). . . 91 ❚ Using the Self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Self-timer). . . 94 ❚ Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement . . . . (Anti Shake). . . 95 ❚ Specifying the Auto Focus Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AF Area). . . 96 ❚ Using the Auto Focus Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(AF Assist Light). . . 97 ❚ Shooting with Face Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Face Detection). . . 97

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