Exposure (brightness)
“Taking pictures with the right brightness”
Taking pictures of a subject against a backlight
Afaceagainstthebacklightisbrightened.
[SHADOWADJ](p.22,28)
Taking pictures using [FACE DETECT] for
[AF MODE] (p. 27)
Appropriateexposureisobtainedforafaceagainst
thebacklight,andthefaceisbrightened.
Taking pictures using [n] for [ESP/n]
(p.
27)
Brightnessismatchedwithasubjectinthecenter
ofthescreenandtheimageisnotaffectedby
backgroundlight.
Taking pictures using [#] (FILL
IN) (p. 19) ash
Asubjectagainstthebacklightisbrightened.
Taking pictures of a white beach or snow scene
Set
themodeto[q
BEACH&SNOW](p.28)
Taking pictures using exposure compensation
(p.
20)
Adjustthebrightnesswhileviewingthescreenfor
takingthepicture.Normally,takingpicturesofwhite
subjects(suchassnow)resultsinimagesthatare
darkerthantheactualsubject.Usethe
F
buttonto
adjustinthepositivedirectiontoexpresswhitesas
theyappear.
Whentakingpicturesofblacksubjects,ontheother
hand,itiseffectivetoadjustinthenegativedirection.
Color hue
“Taking pictures that capture natural
colors”
Taking pictures by selecting [WB] (p. 26)
Bestresultsinmostenvironmentscannormally
beobtainedwiththe[AUTO]setting,butforsome
subjects,youshouldtryexperimentingwithdifferent
settings.(Thisisespeciallytrueforsunshadeunder
aclearsky,mixednaturalandarticiallightsettings,
andsoon.)
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Image quality
“Taking sharper pictures”
Taking pictures with the optical zoom
Avoidusing[DIGITALZOOM](p.27)totakepictures.
Taking pictures at a low ISO sensitivity
If
thepictureistakenwithahighISOsensitivity,noise
(smallcoloredspotsandcolorunevennessthatwere
notintheoriginalimage)canoccur,andtheimage
canappeargrainy.
[ISO](p.26)
Panorama
“Taking pictures so that the frames are
stitched smoothly”
A tip for panoramic shooting
Takingpicturesbypivotingwiththecameraatthe
centerpreventsshiftingoftheimage.Whentaking
picturesofcloseobjectsinparticular,pivotingwiththe
lensendatthecenterproducesfavorableresults.
Batteries
“Making batteries last longer”
Avoid any of the following operations when not
actually taking pictures because they deplete the
battery power
Repeatedly
pressingtheshutterbuttonhalfway
Repeatedlyusingthezoom
Set [POWER SAVE] (p. 41) to [ON]
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