Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

b Vibration Reduction

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.

When [Off] is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed in the monitor (c 8).

On (default setting)

Vibration reduction is enabled when taking pictures and recording movies. Camera detects and factors out panning movements when reducing camera shake. When camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction reduces only vertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction affects only horizontal shake. Set vibration reduction to [Off] when using a tripod.

Off

Vibration reduction is not enabled.

jNotes on Vibration Reduction

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

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

•[VR] stands for vibration reduction.

u AF Assist

If [Auto] (default setting) is selected, 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.

To disable this function, choose [Off]. When set to [Off], the camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.

Menus Setup and Playback, Shooting,

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