The Setup Menu

 

 

 

Option

Description

A

 

Allows you to imprint the shooting date and time on

 

 

images at the time of shooting. The default setting is Off.

 

 

The shooting date and time cannot be imprinted on

 

 

images in the following situations:

 

 

- When using Night portrait (when Hand-held is

 

Print date

selected), Night landscape (when Hand-held is

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selected), Easy panorama, or 3D photography

 

 

 

scene mode

 

 

- When the continuous shooting setting (A39) is set

 

 

to Pre-shooting cache, Continuous H: 120 fps, or

 

 

Continuous H: 60 fps.

 

 

- When shooting movies

 

 

 

 

 

Allows you to reduce blurring caused by camera shake

 

 

when shooting. The default setting is On.

 

Vibration reduction

When using a tripod to stabilize the camera during

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shooting, set this feature to Off to prevent this feature

 

 

from malfunctioning.

 

 

 

 

 

When set to Auto (default setting), if the camera detects

 

 

camera shake or subject movement at the time of

 

 

shooting, it automatically increases ISO sensitivity and

 

 

shutter speed to reduce blurring. The rindicator glows

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Motion detection

green when the camera detects camera shake and

 

increases shutter speed.

 

 

When using certain shooting modes or settings, motion

 

 

is not detected. In these cases the rindicator is not

 

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

When set to Auto (default setting), the AF-assist

 

 

illuminator (A2) lights when shooting in dark

 

 

surroundings to help the camera focus.

 

 

The illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in.) at

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AF assist

the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.1 m (3

 

ft 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.

 

 

Even if Auto is selected, the AF-assist illuminator may

 

 

not light depending on the position of the focus area or

 

 

the scene mode that is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

When set to On (default setting), if you rotate the zoom

 

Digital zoom

control to g(i) when the camera is already zoomed in to

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the maximum optical zoom position, the digital zoom is

 

 

activated (A29).

 

 

 

 

 

Allows you to turn various camera sounds on and off.

 

Sound settings

Camera operation sounds are disabled when using

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certain modes, such as the Pet portrait scene mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Allows you to set the amount of time that passes before

 

Auto off

the monitor turns off to save power. The default setting is

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1 min.

 

 

 

 

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S6300 specifications

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