Taking pictures

[Scene Mode]

••How to select a scene (→108)

[Handheld Night Shot]

For creating less blurry still pictures of night scenes with less noise by combining a series of still pictures.

Tips

••After the shutter button has been pressed, do not move the camera during the exposure series.

••Stand at least 5m (16 feet) away.

●●Since a series of still pictures are combined after they have been recorded, it will take a few moments before you will be able to take another picture.

[HDR]

The camera can combine several still pictures taken with different exposures into a single picture with rich gradation. The individual pictures used to create the HDR picture are not saved. You can minimize the loss of gradations in bright and dark areas when, for example, the contrast between background and subject is large.

What is HDR?

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique for creating a wide contrast range.

Tips

••After the shutter button has been pressed, do not move the camera during the exposure series.

●●Since a series of still pictures are combined after they have been recorded, it will take a few moments before you will be able to take another picture.

●●A subject that was in motion when it was captured may be recorded as an afterimage. ●●The camera may take a single still picture instead of several pictures under certain

recording conditions.

[Food]

Takes natural-looking pictures of food.

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