RECORDING

RECORDING

Using the Shutter Button

The following steps describe how to operate the shutter button so that Auto Focus has a chance to focus the image.

1.Press the shutter button about half way.

•The Auto Focus feature automatically focuses the im- age.

2.Press the shutter button as far as it will go to record the image.

Basic Recording Operation

The following describes the basic operation for recording images.

1.Slide the Function Switch to REC.

•The REC position selects the Record Mode, while PLAY selects the Playback Mode.

2. Rotate the dial so its (normal recording) setting is aligned with the dot on the top of the camera.

• You can perform step 2 before step 1, if you want.

3.Slide the POWER Switch

in the direction indicated by the arrow.

 

 

• The POWER Switch returns to its original position

IMPORTANT!

 

 

when you release it.

Auto Focus tends not to work well with the following

 

 

• Turning on power enters the normal Recording Mode.

 

 

types of subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

• If power turns off, slide the POWER Switch again to

• Solid color walls or objects with little contrast

 

 

turn it back on.

• Strongly backlit objects

 

 

4. After composing the image on the monitor

• Polished metal or other brightly reflective objects

 

 

• Venetian blinds or other horizontally repeating pat-

REC PLAY

 

screen, press the shutter button about half

terns

 

 

way and hold it there.

• Multiple images that are varying distances from the

 

 

 

camera

 

 

• The camera’s Auto Focus feature automatically fo-

• Subjects in poorly lit areas

 

 

cuses the image.

• Closeup images recorded using digital zoom

 

 

• The operation indicator lights green and the Auto Fo-

These cases may make it impossible for Auto Focus to focus

 

 

 

 

cus Frame in the monitor screen turns green when the

properly, which is indicated by the operation indicator and

 

 

Auto Focus operation is complete.

the Auto Focus Frame inside the monitor screen remaining

 

 

• Take care to avoid blocking the lens, distance sensor

red. When this happens switch to the Manual Mode for fo-

 

 

or light sensor with your fingers.

cusing (page 49).

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•Carefully press the shutter button, taking care not to move the camera as you do.

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RECORDING

RECORDING

 

 

5.After confirming that the Auto Focus operation

is complete (operation indicator is green), press the shutter button all the way down to record the image.

•Pressing the shutter button releases the shutter, even if Auto Focus was unsuccessful and the image is out of focus.

•Images you record are stored in the CAMERA folder. See page 84 for information about how you can change to another folder to store images.

•Note that you can also select a memory card folder into which recorded images should be placed (page 84).

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 indi- cator is flashing green. Doing so will not only make storage of the current image impossible, 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.

Using Focus Lock

 

 

2.

While keeping

the shut-

 

 

 

 

ter button

depressed

 

Normally, Auto

Focus automatically focuses

on the

object

 

 

 

half way, move the cam-

 

that is inside

the Auto Focus Frame. Focus

lock is a tech-

 

 

 

era and compose the im-

 

nique that lets you lock the focus on a subject and then move

 

 

 

age as you want.

 

the camera so the Auto Focus Frame is pointed at another

 

 

 

 

 

 

subject when you record. This keeps the original subject in

 

 

 

 

focus, even though a different object is within the Auto Focus

 

 

 

 

Frame.

 

 

 

3.

Press the shutter button all the way down to

• The Auto Focus Frame is shown on the monitor

screen

 

record the image.

only while the shutter button is being held half way down.

 

 

 

 

 

• Locking the focus also locks the exposure setting.

 

 

 

 

1.Align the Auto Focus Frame with the subject you want to lock on and press the shutter button half way down.

•The Auto Focus frame turns green when the image is in focus.

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