Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

gVibration Reduction

Enable or disable vibration reduction for shooting still pictures.

Vibration reduction effectively corrects blur, caused by slight hand movement known as camera shake, that commonly occurs when shooting with zoom applied or at slow shutter speeds. Vibration reduction can be used in all shooting modes. Set Vibration reduction to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

On (default setting)

Vibration reduction is enabled when shooting still pictures.

Off

Vibration reduction is not enabled.

When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed during shooting (when Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed) (A6).

BNotes on Vibration Reduction

•Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the power is turned on, or the camera enters shooting mode from playback mode. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting.

•Due to characteristics of the vibration reduction function, images displayed in the camera’s monitor immediately after shooting may appear blurry.

•Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake in some situations.

•VR stands for vibration reduction.

DUsing Electronic VR with Movies

To reduce the effects of camera shake when recording movies, enable Electronic VR (A56) from the movie menu (A55).

hAF Assist

Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.

Auto (default setting)

AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is poorly lit. Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically.

Off

Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.

Menus Setup and Playback Shooting,

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