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Recording Images
How to avoid hand movement…
Any hand movement when you press the shutter button can causes
blurring of the recorded image. Note the following points on avoiding
hand movement.
• Make sure there is no excessive movement of the image of the ob-
ject on the LCD.
Fluorescent Lighting
Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency that cannot be
detected by the human eye. When using the camera indoors under
such lighting, you may experience some brightness or color problems
with recorded images.
Caution
Never open the battery compartment cover, disconnect the AC
adaptor from the camera or unplug it from the wall socket while the
“WAIT” message is on the LCD. Doing so will not only make storage
of the current image impossible, it can also corrupt other image data
already stored in camera memory.
Operation
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Shooting Images Outdoors
Note that strong direct or reflected light can cause vertical lines in an
image. This is due to the characteristics of the camera’s charge-cou-
pled device (CCD), and it does not indicate malfunction of the cam-
era.
Shooting with the Flash
With the AUTO Flash Mode, the camera automatically fires the flash
whenever it detects that lighting is too low. Note that the monitor
screen image disappears and the charger lamp flashes to indicate
that the flash unit is recharging. See “Using the Flash” on page 41 for
full details on using the flash.
Important!
Do not fire the flash when it is located a very short distance from a
person, especially when it is pointed at the person’s face. Doing so
creates the danger of eye damage.
Changing the Lens Orientation
The lens of the camera is built into a lens body that is designed to
rotate. This means you can change the angle of the lens without mov-
ing the rest of the camera.
Rotates up to 90
°
towards the front
Rotates up to 180
°
towards the back
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Recording Images
• Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the lens is
pointed from the back of the camera are stored as mirror images of
the image that appears in the LCD before the shutter button is
pressed.
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
Important!
• Do not apply excessive force when rotating the lens body. Doing so
can cause serious damage to the lens.
• Do not carry the camera or move it around while holding onto only
the lens body.
• Return the lens body to its normal position (with the lens pointing
from the front of the camera) before storing the camera.
A
A
A
A
A
LCD when shutter button is
pressed (in the Record Mode)
B
B
B
B
B
LCD when image is played
back from camera memory
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Operation
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NORMAL/MACRO Switch
The NORMAL/MACRO switch tells the camera
how much distance there will be between the
lens and the object whose image you are record-
ing. The following table describes the conditions
covered by each switch setting.
is shown on the monitor screen whenever the
macro position is in use.
Focus Range
(MACRO)
14 to 16 cm
(5.5" ~ 6.3")
(NORMAL)
0.7 meters to
∞
(2.3' ~
∞
)
The above figures indicate the distance from the lens protection filter
to the subject.
Resolution Modes
The camera has three resolution modes: FINE (
), NORMAL (
),
and ECONOMY ( ). The following shows the number of images that
can be recorded on a 2MB memory card in each mode.
• To determine the number of images that can be stored on a memory
card of a different capacity, multiply the capacities in the table by the
appropriate value. In the case of a 4MB memory card, for example,
multiply by 2.
• The actual number of images that can be recorded may differ some-
what from the values provided below, due to the amount of memory
required for storage of different types of images.
Resolution
Mode
Indicator
Number of Images
FINE
NORMAL
ECONOMY
Approximately 14
(approximately 133KB compressed)
Approximately 26
(approximately 70KB compressed)
Approximately 47
(approximately 38KB compressed)
