Recording Images

Operation

 

 

 

Infrared Light

Changing the Lens Orientation

Infrared light generated by a flash or other source can create image

The lens of the camera is built into a lens body that is designed to

color problems, such as red areas being recorded as green. Such

rotate. This means you can change the angle of the lens without mov-

color problems will show up in the LCD while you are composing theing the rest of the camera.

image.

 

Rotates up to 90

° towards the front

Rotates up to 180

° towards the back

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Recording Images

Operation

 

 

 

• Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the lens isNORMAL/MACRO Switch

pointed from the back of the camera are stored as mirror images of

The NORMAL/MACRO switch tells the camera how much distance
the image that appears in the LCD before the shutter button is

there will be between the lens and the object whose image you are

pressed.
recording. The following table describes the conditions covered by

 

 

each switch setting.

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch position

 

NORMAL

 

MACRO

A

LCD when shutter button is

 

Aperture F2 ( )

 

0.6 to 3.1meters

 

13 to 16cm

 

pressed (in the Record Mode)

 

 

For portraits taken

 

For close ups taken

 

 

 

 

indoors

 

indoors

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

LCD when image is played

B

F8 ()

 

0.3 meters to

10 to 24 cm

 

back from camera memory

 

 

 

 

For general outdoor

 

For outdoor close-ups

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

images

 

 

 

 

 

* See page 42 for details on how to change the aperture.

 

 

Important!

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.63.1m

• Do not apply excessive force when rotating the lens body. Doing so

 

 

1316cm

 

(210 feet)

 

 

 

 

can cause serious damage to the lens.

 

F2(○)

(5.1"6.3")

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not carry the camera or move it around while holding onto only the lens body.

• Return the lens body to its normal position (with the lens pointing

F8(●)

1024cm

 

 

from the front of the camera) before storing the camera.

 

(3.9"9.4") 0.3m

 

 

 

MACRO

(1 feet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAL

 

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