BASIC IMAGE RECORDING
About the REC Mode Monitor Screen
•The image shown on the monitor screen in the REC mode is a simplified image for composing purposes. The actual image is recorded in accordance with the image quality setting currently selected on your camera. The image saved in file memory has much better resolution and detail than the REC mode monitor screen image.
•Certain levels of subject brightness can cause the response of the REC mode monitor screen to slow down, which causes some static noise in the monitor screen image.
•Very bright light inside of an image can cause a vertical band to appear in the monitor screen image. This is a CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”, and does not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note that vertical smear is not recorded with the image in the case of a snapshot, but it is recorded in the case of a movie (page 95).
Using the Optical Viewfinder
You can conserve battery power by turning off the camera’s monitor screen (page 32) and using the optical viewfinder to compose images.
IMPORTANT! 
•The visible area framed by the viewfinder shows the image that would be recorded at a distance of about one meter (3.3´). When recording a subject that is closer to you than one meter, the recorded image will be lower than what you can see inside the viewfinder area.
Optical Viewfinder
Area recorded at | Area visible in |
distances less than | the viewfinder |
one meter (3.3´) |
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