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Basic
1
Aim the AF area at the subject, and then
press the shutter button halfway
to fix the
focus and exposure.
2
Press and hold the shutter button halfway
while moving the camera as you
compose the picture.
• You can repeatedly retry the actions in step
1
before pressing the shutter button fully.
We recommend that you use the Face
Detection function when taking pictures of
people.
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Subjects and recording conditions which are difficult to focus
• Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects without contrast
• When the focus range display has appeared in red
• When recording subjects through windows or near shiny objects
• When it is dark or when jitter occurs
• When the camera is too close to the subject or when taking a picture of both distant and near
subjects
When the jitter alert [
] appears, use [STABILIZER]
, a tripod or the Self-timer
.
• Shutter speed will be slower particularly in the following cases. Keep the camera still from the
moment the shutter button is pressed until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend
using a tripod.
– Slow sync./Red-Eye Reduction
– In [PANORAMA ASSIST], [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PARTY],
[CANDLE LIGHT], [STARRY SKY] or [FIREWORKS] in Scene Mode
– [HIGH DYNAMIC], [DYNAMIC ART], [DYNAMIC] (
– When the shutter speed is slowed in [MIN. SHTR SPEED]
Pictures recorded with the camera held vertically are played back vertically (rotated). (Only
when [ROTATE DISP.]
is set to [ON])
• The Direction Detection function may not operate correctly if recording is performed with the
camera aimed up or down.
• Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.
When the subject is not in focus (such as when it is not in the center of
the composition of the picture you want to take)
Preventing jitter (camera shake)
Direction Detection Function
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