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Getting to know your camera better

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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.

• Set [AF MODE] to [iESP].

g “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.

g “IMAGE STABILIZER (still picture)/DIS MOVIE MODE (movie) “Shooting pictures using

image stabilization” (P.28)

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 [$] and set as

follows:

Increase the [ISO] setting

g “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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