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V
ibration
r
eduction (VR) compensates for slight hand movements that can blur
pictures or cause shake in the monitor when the camera is zoomed in or when
shooting in the dark without a flash. Vibration reduction can also be used when
shooting movies. When vibration reduction is on, the camera detects and fac-
tors out panning movements. If the camera is panned horizontally, for example,
vibration reduction reduces only vertical shake. If the camera is panned verti-
cally, vibration reduction affects only horizontal shake.
Vibration reduction is on by default. Choose
Off
when using a tripod. The cur-
rent setting is displayed in the monitor (
B
4).
A
Vibration Reduction
Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the camera is turned on. Wait
until the display stabilizes before shooting. There may also be a slight lag after a picture is
taken. Vibration reduction may not produce the desired results in all cases.
If
Auto
is selected, AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus opera-
tion when the subject is poorly lit (AF-assist illumination is unavailable in some
modes;
B
30–33). Choose
Off
to disable AF-assist illumination (note that the
camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor).
When
On
(the default setting) is selected, digital zoom functions as described
on page 19: cropping is used when possible to increase magnification without
affecting image quality. Select
Crop
to limit digital zoom to magnifications at
which cropping can be used (
B
19), or
Off
to turn digital zoom off altogether.
K
Vibration Reduction
B
AF Assist
0
Digital Zoom
A
Digital Zoom
Digital zoom is not available when
K
(face-priority AF),
A
(portrait), or
D
(night portrait) is
selected in scene mode or when
Wide-angle converter
is selected for
Converter
.
Crop
is not available at an image size of 3,648×2,736 (
j
), 3,648×2,432 (
h
), or 3,584×2,016 (
9
).
When digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses on the subject in the center focus area
and center-weighted metering is used. At magnifications of 2.0× or higher, the camera
meters the center focus area only. The option selected for
Digital zoom
has no effect in
movie mode, as interpolation is not used when recording movies.
