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Taking still pictures
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• Never open the card cover, remove the battery or disconnect the AC
adapter while the orange lamp is blinking. Doing so could destroy
stored pictures and prevent storage of the pictures you have just
taken.
• When taking pictures against strong backlight, the area of the
picture in shadow may appear colored.
• When you point the camera lens toward a bright subject, smears
(lines like beams of light) may appear on the image in the monitor.
This does not affect recorded pictures.
Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor
Viewfinder
Monitor
Advantages
Camera movement does
not occur easily and
subjects can be seen
clearly even in bright
places.
Little battery power is
used.
You can check the picture area
that the camera actually
records more accurately.
Disadvantages When close to a subject,
the image in the viewfinder
is a little different from the
picture that the camera
actually records.
Camera movement can occur
easily and subjects may be
difficult to see in bright/dark
places. The monitor uses more
battery power than the
viewfinder.
Tips
Use the viewfinder for
general snapshots
(landscape pictures,
casual shots, etc.).
Use the monitor when you
want to shoot while checking
the picture area that the
camera actually records. Use
when taking macro pictures or
close-ups of a person or flower.
• The camera records a wider area than the image in the
viewfinder.
• As you get closer to the subject, the actual image recorded
becomes lower than the one in the viewfinder (see left).
