Advanced (Recording pictures)
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• The battery will be consumed faster than
usual.
• It may take time to focus on the subject if
you rotate the zoom lever from Wide to
Tele or suddenly change the subject from
a distant one to a nearby one.
• Press the shutter button halfway again
when it is difficult to focus on the subject.
• The [CONT.AF] setting is fixed to [OFF] in
[PANNING] (P64), [NIGHT PORTRAIT]
(P64), [NIGHT SCENERY] (P65),
[STARRY SKY] (P67) and [FIREWORKS]
(P68) in scene mode, in simple mode [
]
and when manual focus is set.
Press [
] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P76)
Illuminating the subject makes it easier for
the camera to focus when recording in low
light conditions that make focusing difficult.
• If the AF assist lamp is
set to [ON], an AF area
with a size wider than
usual is displayed and the
AF assist lamp
A
turns
on when you press the
shutter button halfway in dark places etc.
• Be careful about the following when using
the AF assist lamp.
– Do not look at the AF assist lamp from
close up.
– Detach the lens hood.
– Do not cover the AF assist lamp with
your fingers or other objects.
• When you do not want to use the AF
assist lamp (e.g. when taking pictures of
animals in dark places), set the
[AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case,
it will become more difficult to focus on the
subject.
• The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed
to [ON] in simple mode [
].
• A vignetting effect may appear on the
circumference of the AF assist lamp
because the AF assist lamp may be
obscured by the lens, however, this does
not cause a problem with the performance
of the camera.
• The setting for the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is
fixed to [OFF] in [SCENERY] (P63),
[PANNING] (P64), [NIGHT SCENERY]
(P65), [SUNSET] (P67), [FIREWORKS]
(P68) and [AERIAL PHOTO] (P69) in
scene mode.
• The initial setting for [PET] (P67) in scene
mode is [OFF] .
Press [
] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P76)
Select a color effect that matches the
recording conditions and your image of the
recording.
[AF ASSIST LAMP]
Focusing in low light conditions
becomes easier
[ON]
The AF assist lamp turns on in low
light conditions. At this time, the
AF assist lamp icon [
] appears
on the screen. The effective range
of the AF assist lamp is 1.5 m
(4.92 feet).
[OFF]
The AF assist lamp does not turn
on.
MENU
SET
[COL.EFFECT]
Setting
color
effects for the
recorded pictures
[COOL]
The picture becomes bluish.
[WARM]
The picture becomes reddish.
[B/W]
The picture becomes black and
white.
[SEPIA]
The picture becomes sepia.
MENU
SET
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