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There are several ways to focus, depending on the subject.
When the subject is not in the center of the frame
• Place the subject in the center of the frame, lock the focus on the subject, and then recompose
your picture.
“AF MODE Changing the focusing area” (P.28)
The subject is moving quickly
• Focus the camera on a point roughly the same distance away as the subject you want to
shoot and lock the focus (by pressing the shutter button halfway). Then recompose your
picture and press the shutter button completely as the subject enters the frame.
• Under certain types of conditions, it is difficult to focus using Auto focus.
In these cases, focus (focus lock) on an object with high contrast at the same distance as
the intended subject, recompose your shot and then take the picture. If the subject has
no vertical lines, hold the camera vertically and focus the camera using the focus lock
function by pressing the shutter button halfway, and then return the camera to the
horizontal position while keeping the button pressed halfway and take the picture.
Be sure to hold the camera firmly with both hands and press the shutter button slowly so as
to avoid moving the camera. You can also reduce the blurring by using the image
stabilization function during shooting.
Pictures are more likely to be blurry when:
• images are shot at a high-magnification zoom setting, i.e. using both optical zoom and
digital zoom functions,
• the object is dark and the shutter speed is slow, or
• scene modes where the flash is turned off and/or the shutter speed is slow.
The flash is activated automatically when there is insufficient light, or when the camera is
shaken. To take pictures with no flash in dark places, set the flash mode to [
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] and set as
follows:
Increase the [ISO] setting
“ISO Changing the ISO sensitivity” (P.26)
Shooting tips
Focusing on the subject
Subjects that are difficult to focus on
Prevent blur by using image stabilization
Taking stabilized pictures without the flash
Subject with low
contrast
Subject with an extremely
bright area in the center
of the frame
Subject without
vertical lines
Subjects at
different distances
Fast-moving
subject
The subject is not in the
center of the frame
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