BASIC IMAGE RECORDING

Orientation Sensor

The camera has an orientation sensor that detects whether the camera is being held horizontally (its normal orientation) or vertically when you record an image. Information about camera orientation is recorded along with the image data so the image can be displayed properly. When you transfer images to a computer using the bundled Photo Loader application (page 222), Photo Loader also detects the orientation of each image and displays it accordingly.

IMPORTANT!

To ensure proper operation of the orientation sensor, note the following points.

Keep the camera still during recording. Moving the camera while recording can cause miss- operation of the orientation sensor.

When recording an image using portrait (vertical) orientation, make sure the camera is standing straight up, 90 degrees from horizontal. A sensor error may occur if the camera is angled more than about 20 degrees from vertical.

When positioning the camera vertically, keep the flash above the lens.

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