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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT
Auto Focus Restrictions
•
Proper foc
u
s may not
b
e possi
b
le
w
hen shooting the follo
w
ing
types of s
ub
jects.
– Solid color
w
all or other
v
ery lo
w
contrast s
ub
ject
– Strongly
b
ack lit s
ub
ject
– Very shiny s
ub
ject
– Blinds or other s
ub
ject
w
ith a repeating horizontal pattern
– M
u
ltiple s
ub
jects at
v
arying distances from the camera
– S
ub
ject in a dark location
– S
ub
ject that is too far a
w
ay for light from the AF assist lamp
to reach
– Fast-mo
v
ing s
ub
ject
– S
ub
jects o
u
tside the foc
u
s range of the camera
•
Proper foc
u
s may not
b
e possi
b
le if the camera is mo
v
ed
w
hile shooting.
•
An image may
b
e o
u
t of foc
u
s e
v
en tho
u
gh the operation
lamp is lit green and the foc
u
s frame is green.
If yo
u
cannot foc
u
s properly, try
u
sing foc
u
s lock (page 127)
or man
u
al foc
u
s (page 129).
Yo
u
r camera pro
v
ides yo
u
w
ith 3X optical zoom (
w
hich changes
the lens focal distance),
w
hich can
b
e
u
sed in com
b
ination
w
ith
digital zoom (
w
hich digitally process the center portion of the
image to enlarge it) for total zoom capa
b
ilities of 12 - 45.2X.
IMPORTANT!
•
Generally speaking, the higher the digital zoom factor, the
coarser the image that is recorded. Ho
w
e
v
er, digital zoom
can
b
e
u
sed
u
p to a certain point
w
itho
u
t ca
u
sing
deterioration of the image.
•
Digital zoom is not s
u
pported
w
hile “Timestamp” (page
141) is t
u
rned on.
1.
Enter the REC mode.
Shooting with Zoom
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