LCD MONITOR DISPLAY

Recording mode

Flash modes (p. 28)

Automatic digital subject program display (p. 25)

Image size (p. 42)

Image quality (p. 42)

Battery-condition indicator (p. 16)

Focus frame

Internal-memory indicator (p. 19)

Drive mode (p. 37)

Frame counter (p. 43)

Camera-shake warning

Focus signal (p. 27)

CAMERA-SHAKE WARNING

If the shutter speed falls below the point where the camera can be hand held safely, the camera-shake warning indicator appears on the monitor. Camera shake is slight blurring caused by subtle hand motion and is more pronounced at the telephoto position of the lens than at the wide-angle position. Although the warning appears, the shutter can still be released. If the warning appears, place the camera on a tripod or use the built-in flash.

USING THE ZOOM LENS

This camera is equipped with a unique 6.3 - 18.9mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a 38 to 114mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated by the zoom lever at the back of the camera.

To zoom in on the subject, push the the right side (T) of the zoom lever (1).

To zoom out, push the the left side (W) of the zoom lever.

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After zooming, the zoom indicator is

 

 

displayed on the LCD monitor to show

 

the approximate zoom position.

The digital-zoom function can increase the power of the lens. The digital zoom is activated in section 3 of the recording menu (p. 51).

Zoom indicator

Shooting tips

The zoom lens not only affects how large the subject is in the picture, but it also influences the depth of field and perspective. Depth of field is the area between the closest object in focus and the furthest object in focus. As the lens zooms in to the telephoto position, the depth of field becomes shallower, separating the subject from the background. Many portraits are taken with telephoto lenses. Zooming the lens out to the wide-angle position makes both the foreground and background appear sharper. Usually landscape photographs take advantage of the large depth of field of wide-angle lenses. Wide-angle lenses also create a strong perspective which gives a sense of depth in the image. Telephoto lenses compress the space between the subject and background and create a weak perspective.

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Recording - basic operation

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