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6. Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
• The Image Stabilizer may produce operational sound or cause vibration during its
operation, but these are not malfunctions.
• It is recommended to disable the Image Stabilizer when using a tripod.
• The stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
– When there is a lot of jitter
– When the zoom magnification is high
– When using the Digital Zoom
– When taking pictures while following a moving subject
– When the shutter speed becomes slower to take pictures indoors or in dark places
• The panning effect in [
] is more difficult to achieve in the following cases.
– In brightly lit places such as in broad daylight on a summer’s day
– When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th of a second
– When you move the camera too slowly because the subject is moving slowly (The
background will not become a blur)
– When the camera does not keep up with the subject satisfactorily
Not available in these cases:
• [
] is not available in Panorama Shot Mode.
• In the following cases, the [Stabilizer] will switch to [
] (Normal), even if it is set to [
]
(Panning):
– During motion picture recording
– When 4K Photo function has been set
– When recording using [Post Focus]
• The 5-Axis Hybrid Image Stabilizer function is not available in the following cases:
– When the MP4 motion picture size is set to [VGA] in [Rec Quality]
– When using the Digital Zoom