Settings

For details on the operation 1 page 54

•If the AF illuminator light does not reach the subject sufficiently or the subject has no contrast, focus will not be achieved. (A distance of up to approximately 2.7 m (8 feet 10 3/8 inches) (zoom: W) / 2.5 m (8 feet 2 1/2 inches) (zoom: T) is recommended.)

•Focus is achieved as long as the AF illuminator light reaches the subject, even if the light is slightly off the center of the subject.

•When Focus preset is set (page 35), AF Illuminator does not function.

•The setting of the AF range finder frame becomes unavailable and the frame is indicated with a dotted line. AF operates with priority on subjects located near the center of the frame.

•The AF illuminator does not operate when (Hand-held Twilight mode), (Twilight mode),

(Landscape mode), (Hi-Speed Shutter mode) or (Fireworks mode) is selected in the Scene Selection mode.

•The AF illuminator emits very bright light. Although there are no problems with safety, do not look directly into the AF illuminator emitter at close range.

SteadyShot

Selects the anti-blur mode.

 

Shooting

Activates the anti-blur function when pressing the shutter

 

 

button halfway down.

 

 

 

 

Continuous

Always activates the anti-blur function. You can stabilize

 

 

images even when zooming up a far subject.

 

 

• Battery consumption is faster than in [Shooting] mode.

 

 

 

 

Off

Does not use SteadyShot.

 

 

 

•When shooting movies, [Continuous] is activated even if you select [Shooting].

•The anti-blur function may not work properly in the following cases.

–When camera shake is too strong

–When the shutter speed is slow, for example, shooting night scenes

Auto Orientation

When the camera is rotated to shoot a portrait picture, the camera records its position information and displays the image in the portrait position.

 

On

Records the image with the correct orientation.

 

 

 

 

Off

Auto Orientation deactivated.

 

 

 

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