Recording pictures (basic)
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∫Focusing
•The focus range is 50 cm to .
•When you press the shutter button fully
with one stroke, pictures may be blurry or
unfocused.
•When the focus indication is blinking, the
subject is not focused. Press the shutter
button halfway and focus on the subject
again.
•If the camera will not focus after a few
tries, turn it off and on and try again.
•In the following cases, the camera will not
focus on subjects properly.
–When including both near and distant
subjects in a scene.
–When there is dirt or dust on the glass
between the lens and the subject.
–When there are illuminated or glittering
objects around the subject.
–When taking a picture in a dark place.
–When the subject is moving fast.
–When the scene has low contrast.
–When jitter occurs.
–When recording a ver y bright subject.
We recommend taking pictures using AF/
AE lock (P29). In dark places, the AF
assist lamp (P73) may turn on to focus on
the subject.
•Even if the focus indication appears and
the subject is focused, it is cancelled
when you release the shutter button.
Press the shutter button halfway again.
∫Jitter (camera shake)
•Be careful of jitter ing when pressing the
shutter button, especially when fully
zoomed into the subject.
•When jitter could oc cur because of slow
shutter speed, the jitter alert A appears.
•When the jitter aler t appears, we
recommend using a tripod. If you cannot
use a tripod, be careful of how you hold
the camera (P29). The use of the
self-timer (P40) prevents jittering caused
by pressing the shutter button when you
are using a tripod.
∫Direction detection function
•If you take pictures by holding the came ra
vertically, the information of the rotation on
the pictures is automatically added and
recorded to the pictures.
When [ROTATE DISP.] (P80) is set to
[ON], you can rotate and display pictures
on the screen or the TV according to the
information of the rotation on the pictures.
•When you take pictures by holding the
camera vertically, read “Tips for taking
good pictures” on P29 carefully.
•This function may not work properly on
pictures recorded by aiming the camera
up or down.
•In motion picture mode [ ], you cannot
use the direction detection function.
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