The Setup Menu

Vibration Reduction

Press the dbutton Mzmenu icon (A6) MVibration reduction

Specify the vibration reduction setting for shooting still pictures or movies. Correct blur, caused by slight hand movement known as camera shake, that commonly occurs when shooting with zoom applied or at slow shutter speeds.

 

Option

Description

 

 

Record with optical compensation for camera shake during still

 

 

picture shooting using the lens shift method, and under the

 

 

following conditions, also performs electronic VR using image

 

 

enhancement.

V On (hybrid)

• When the shutter speed is slower than 1/30 second at the

maximum wide-angle position and 1/250 second at the

 

 

 

 

maximum telephoto position.

 

 

• When the flash does not fire

 

 

• When Single is selected for the Continuous setting

 

 

• When the self-timer is off

 

 

 

 

 

Compensate for camera shake using the lens shift method. The

 

 

camera automatically detects the panning direction and only

 

On (default

corrects for vibration caused by camera shake.

g

When the camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration

setting)

 

 

reduction only reduces vertical shake. If the camera is panned

 

 

vertically, vibration reduction only compensates for horizontal

 

 

shake.

 

 

k Off

Vibration reduction is not enabled.

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting other than Off is displayed on the monitor (A8).

•When using a tripod to stabilize the camera, set vibration reduction to Off.

BNotes on Vibration Reduction

•Immediately after the power is turned on or the camera enters shooting mode from playback mode, wait until the monitor screen stabilizes before shooting.

•Due to characteristics of the vibration reduction function, images displayed on 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.

•When the camera shake is extremely high or low, picture compensation with electronic VR may not be possible even when On (hybrid) is set.

•When the shutter speed is fast or extremely slow, electronic VR may not operate even when On (hybrid) is set.

•When electronic VR in On (hybrid) operates, saving the picture takes longer than normal, because when the picture is shot, the shutter is released twice automatically to perform picture compensation. Shutter sound (E77) is heard only once. One frame is recorded.

Section Reference

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