Focus indication:
AFocus indication
±(The white lamp flashes.): Focusing
¥ (The green lamp lights up.): When in focus
No mark:
When focusing is unsuccessful.
B Focus area (area inside brackets)
5 Press the 
button fully.
≥ In order to take better still pictures, the screen will brighten
when the 
button is fully pressed.
≥The sound cannot be recorded while recording still pictures.
≥The edges of still pictures recorded on this unit with a 16:9 aspect ratio may be cut at printing. Check the printer or photo studio before printing.
∫About the screen indications
when the 
button is pressed
2.1M R3000 
MEGA 
ß: Flash (l 71)
ßj: Flash level (l 71)
: Red eye reduction (l 72)
: Quality of still pictures
2.1M : Size of still pictures
R3000: Remaining number of still pictures (Flashes in red when [0] appears.)
: Still picture operation indicator (l 131)
MEGA 
: MEGA optical image stabilizer (l 58)
∫About the focus indication
≥The focus indication indicates the status of the auto focus.
≥The focus indication will not be displayed in the following conditions.
jWhen the manual focus is used.
jWhen the MagicPix function is used.
≥You can record still pictures even if the focus indication does not appear, but pictures may be recorded without being focused.
∫About the focusing area
When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area.
≥Focus area is not displayed in the following conditions.
jWhen the Intelligent Auto (Portrait Mode) is used.
jWhen the Digital Zoom (more than approx. 16k) is used.
jWhen AF tracking is used.
Picture quality
Selecting the picture quality.
Select the menu. (l 34)
[PICTURE] # [QUALITY] # desired setting
: Still pictures with a high picture quality are recorded.
: Priority is given to the number of still pictures recorded. Still pictures are recorded in normal picture quality.
≥If the [QUALITY] is set to 
,
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