Recording Images

 

Operation

Caution

Infrared Light

• Never open the battery compartment cover, disconnect the

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

AC adaptor from the camera or unplug it from the wall

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

socket while the “WAIT” message is on the LCD. Doing so

color problems will show up in the LCD while you are composing the

will not only make storage of the current image impossible, it

image.

can also corrupt other image data already stored in camera

 

memory.

 

 

Shooting Images Outdoors

 

 

 

How to avoid hand movement…

Strong direct or reflected sunlight can cause recorded images to take

 

Any hand movement when you press the shutter button can causes

on a greenish tinge. This is due to the characteristics of the camera’s

 

charge-coupled device (CCD), and it does not indicate malfunction of

 

blurring of the recorded image. Note the following points on avoiding

 

the camera. One way you can try to minimize this problem is to set

 

hand movement.

 

the aperture to [

●] (F8).

 

 

• Make sure there is no excessive movement of the image of the ob-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ject on the LCD.

 

 

 

 

 

• Use a tripod whenever possible when recording images in dim light-

Changing the Lens Orientation

 

 

ing. The camera automatically adjusts shutter speed in accordance

The lens of the camera

is built

into a lens body that

is designed to

 

with the brightness of the object whose image is being recorded.

 

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

 

Shutter speed is quite slow for dimly lit objects, increasing the pos-

 

ing the rest of the camera.

 

 

 

sibility of blurring caused by hand movement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent Lighting

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency that cannot be

 

 

 

 

 

detected by the human eye. When using the camera indoors under

 

 

 

 

 

such lighting, you may experience some brightness or color problems

 

 

 

 

 

with recorded images. The actual extent of the problems depends on

 

 

 

 

 

what cycle of the fluorescent light’s flicker is occurring when the cam-

Rotates up to 90

°

Rotates up to 180

°

era’s shutter actually releases. For best results, use a commercially

towards the front

 

 

 

available video lights.

 

towards the back

 

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Recording Images

Operation

 

 

 

 

 

• Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the lens is

NORMAL/MACRO Switch

 

 

 

 

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

The NORMAL/MACRO switch tells the camera

 

 

 

the image that appears in the LCD before the shutter button is

 

 

 

how much

distance there will be

between the

 

 

 

pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

lens and the object whose image you are record-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing. The following table describes the conditions

 

 

 

 

 

covered by each switch setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch position

 

(NORMAL)

(MACRO)

 

 

 

Aperture

F2 (

○)

0.6 meters to

∞

12 to 14 cm

 

 

 

(2’ ~∞ )

 

(4.7” ~ 5.5”)

 

 

A

 

 

 

For portraits taken

 

For close ups taken

 

 

 

 

 

indoors

 

indoors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F8 (●)

0.24 meters to

∞

9 to 23 cm

 

 

 

 

(9.4” ~∞

)

(3.5” ~ 9”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

A ....... LCD when shutter button is

 

 

 

 

For general outdoor

 

For outdoor close-ups

 

 

 

 

images

 

 

 

pressed (in the Record Mode)

 

* See page 26 for details on how to change the aperture.

 

B ....... LCD when image is played

B

Resolution Modes

 

 

 

 

 

back from camera memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to a Normal Mode, this camera also has a Fine Mode for

 

 

 

 

 

 

saving images using higher resolution. Use the MODE button to

 

 

 

switch between the Normal Mode and Fine Mode.

 

 

Important!

 

The following table

shows how

many images can be

stored

in

 

memory using each resolution mode.

 

 

 

•

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

 

 

 

Resolution

 

 

 

 

 

can cause serious damage to the lens.

 

Indicator

Number of Images

•

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

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64 (approximately 480-kbit com-

 

the lens body.

 

FINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed)

•

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192 (approximately 160-kbit com-

 

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

 

NORMAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• You can switch between resolution modes at any time before re-

 

 

 

cording an image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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