RECORDING
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IMPORTANT!
Auto Focus tends not to work well with the following
types of subjects.
• Solid color walls or objects with little contrast
• Strongly backlit objects
• Polished metal or other brightly reflective objects
• Venetian blinds or other horizontally repeating pat-
terns
• Multiple images that are varying distances from the
camera
• Subjects in poorly lit areas
• Auto Focus also may not work properly when the cam-
era is unsteady or shaking.
• Pressing the shutter button releases the shutter, even
if Auto Focus was unsuccessful and the image is out
of focus.
• Use of a tripod is recommended for slow shutter
speeds and telephoto shots to avoid blurring of the
image due to camera movement.
These cases may make it impossible for Auto Focus to focus
properly, which is indicated by the operation lamp and the
Auto Focus Frame inside the monitor screen remaining red.
When this happens switch to the Manual Mode for focusing
(page E-60). The following are the fixed focusing distances
when Auto Focus is unable to focus.
Well-lit Location:1.5 meters minimum
With Flash: Approximately 2 meters
Depending on actual conditions, a green operation indicator
and Auto Focus Frame do not necessarily guarantee that the
image is in focus.
CAUTION
• Never open the battery compartment cover, discon-
nect the AC adaptor from the camera, or unplug the
adaptor from the wall socket while the operation lamp
and the card access lamp are flashing green. Doing so
will not only make storage of the current image impos-
sible, it can also corrupt other image data already
stored in camera memory.
• Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency
that cannot be detected by the human eye. When us-
ing the camera indoors under such lighting, you may
experience some brightness or color problems with
recorded images.