BEFORE TAKING PICTURES

For best results

Hold the camera securely, keeping your elbows close to your body and making sure the camera is stable.

Correct hold

 

Incorrect hold

<Holding the camera>

Example 1:

Grip the camera by wrapping the fingers of the right hand, from the little finger to the middle finger, around the camera, and hook the index finger above the lens.

Example 2:

Grip the camera by wrapping the fingers of the right hand, from the little finger to the index finger, around the camera.

A finger is blocking the lens or flash.

Make sure that the lens and flash are not blocked by your fingers or the neckstrap.

*For shooting vertically oriented still images, you can set the shooting orientation to the vertical (portrait) format (page 66).

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