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Taking still pictures
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• Press the shutter button gently using the ball of your finger. If it is
pressed hard, the camera may move and pictures may come out
blurred.
• Recorded pictures will be saved on the card regardless of whether
the camera is turned off or the battery is replaced or removed.
• Never open the card cover, remove the battery or connect/
disconnect the AC adapter while the card access lamp is blinking.
Doing so could destroy stored pictures and prevent storage of
pictures you have just taken.
• When taking pictures against strong backlight, the area of the
picture in shadow may appear colored.
• When you point the camera lens toward a bright subject, smears
(lines like beams of light) may appear on the image in the monitor.
This does not affect recorded pictures.
Comparison of the viewfinder & monitor
Viewfinder
Monitor
Advantages
Camera movement does
not occur easily and
subjects can be seen
clearly even in bright
places.
Little battery power is
used.
You can check the picture area
that the camera actually records
more accurately.
Disadvantages
When close to a subject,
the image in the
viewfinder is a little
different from the picture
that the camera actually
records.
Camera movement can occur
easily and subjects may be
difficult to see in bright/dark
places. The monitor uses more
battery power than the
viewfinder.
Tips
Use the viewfinder for
general snapshots
(landscape pictures,
casual shots, etc.).
(Approx. 0.8 m/2.6 ft. to
)
)
Use the monitor when you want
to shoot while checking the
picture area that the camera
actually records, or take pictures
when the subject is less than 0.8
m/2.6 ft. away, such as close-up
shots of people or flowers (macro
shooting).
• The camera records a wider area than the image in the
viewfinder.
• As you get closer to the subject, the actual image recorded
becomes lower than the one in the viewfinder (see left).
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