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suitable for taking photos at night. Use this function with the camera
firmly placed on the tripod. Digital interference may appear in
photos taken with this function turned on, which may be removed in
programs used for editing photos.
Exposure metering:
settings for the method of measuring (deter-
mining) the exposure of photographed scenes.
Date and time:
turns on/off the option to insert the date and time
into captured photos.
CAMERA SETTINGS
Frequency:
frequency settings (50 Hz for Europe, 60 Hz for USA)
Sound effect:
option to turn on/off the system sounds of the came-
ra (the sound when taking a photo, button sounds and the sound
for powering on and off the camera) and the settings for changing
the volume of the camera’s system sounds.
White balancing:
white balancing settings designated for various
methods of lighting up a scene, including the mode for recording
under water (Aqua mode).
Colour effect:
settings for various colour modes.
Fisheye reduction:
turns on/off the electronic reduction fisheye
effect to help with reducing the angle of a shot (FOV). This function is
not available when the X-STEADY stabilization function is turned on.
Date and time:
date and time settings.
Display screensaver:
sets the time after which the camera display
will power off (does not affect the recording of videos). The display
can then be activated again by touching the display or by pressing
the camera’s control buttons.
Automatic power off:
settings for the camera’s automatic power
off function when the camera is not in use. When this function is
turned on the camera will power off after a set time during which
the camera is not recording video.
Automatic recording:
when this function is turned off the camera
will automatically record the moment the camera is powered on.
USB:
allows the option of how the camera will behave after being
connected to the USB port in a PC (as an external disk or a PC
camera).
