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Chapter 2
Shooting Distant and Close-Up Pictures
To choose the setting:
1
Set the Mode dial to Capture
.
2
Press the Close-Up/Distant
button repeatedly until the appropriate
icon appears in the Status Display on top of the camera.
3
Press the Shutter button half-way to lock the auto-focus and exposure.
4
Press the Shutter button all the way down to take the picture.
Close-Up Pictures
Use the Close-Up setting
to gain sharpness and detail in pictures at close
range. When the Close-Up setting is selected, Preview is turned on and the
camera automatically sets the focus distance depending on the zoom position:
Distant Pictures
Use the Distant setting
to gain maximum sharpness of far away scenes.
With this setting, the camera uses a fixed, infinite focus.
Zoom position
Close-Up focus distance
Wide Angle
2.8 to 27.6 inches (70 to 700 mm)
Telephoto
9.8 to 27.6 inches (250 to 700 mm)
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Use the Close-Up/Distant button
very close or very far away.
to take pictures of scenes that are either
