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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
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Notes About HDR
Use of a tripod is recommended. Set
Photo VR
168) in the setup menu to
Off
when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.
y M
m
Fireworks show
•
You can press the
k
button when the shooting screen is displayed to focus using
manual focus. See step 2 in “Using Manual Focus” (
64) for more information.
•
The shutter speed is fixed at 4 seconds.
•
Exposure compensation cannot be used (
y M
o
Backlighting
•
On the screen displayed when
o
Backlighting
is selected, select
On
or
Off
to enable
or disable the high dynamic range (HDR) function based on the shooting conditions.
•
Off
: The flash fires to prevent the subject from being hidden in shadow. Shoot images
with the flash raised.
- Press the shutter-release button all the way to capture one image.
•
On
: Use when taking pictures with very bright and dark areas in the same frame.
- When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, the camera shoots images
continuously and saves the following two images.
- A non-HDR composite image
- An HDR composite image in which the loss of details in highlights or shadows is
minimized
- If there is only enough memory to save one image, an image processed by D-Lighting
89) at the time of shooting, in which dark areas of the image are corrected, is the
only image saved.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still
image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the screen
switches to the shooting screen.
- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is
narrower than that seen on the shooting screen.
- Under some shooting conditions, dark shadows may appear around bright subjects
or bright areas may appear around dark subjects.
