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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

A Best Shot Selector (BSS)
	BSS
The “best shot selector” is recommended from situ-		On
ations in which inadvertent camera movement can		Off
		Exposure BSS
result in blurred pictures, or when parts of the
image are prone to under- or overexposure.
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At [On] and [Exposure BSS] settings, the flash auto-

matically turns off and focus, exposure, and white balance for all pictures are determined by the first picture in each series.

AOn

Recommended for taking pictures in poorly lit places, or in other situations where camera shake may occur. Camera takes shots while shutter-release but- ton is pressed, to a maximum of ten. These images are then compared and the sharpest picture (picture with highest level of detail) is saved.

Shooting,

BOff

Only one picture is taken.

wExposure BSS

Recommended for high-contrast subjects, when it is diffi- cult to set exposure correctly.

Exposure BSS

Highlight BSS

Shadow BSS

Histogram BSS

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Playback, and Setup Menus

[Highlight BSS]: picture with smallest area of overexposure is selected.

[Shadow BSS]: picture with smallest area of underexposure is selected.

[Histogram BSS]: of pictures with least under- and over-exposure, camera chooses picture with overall exposure closest to optimum.

Camera takes five shots each time shutter-release button is pressed, but only the picture that best meets the selected criterion is saved.

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (c 6).

jNote on Best Shot Selector

BSS may not produce the desired results if the subject moves or the composition changes while the shutter-release button is fully pressed.

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