Instruction manual

51EN
Shooting tips
Whenyouareunsureofhowtotakeapicturethat
youenvision,refertotheinformationbelow.
Focusing
“Focusing on the subject”
Taking a picture of a subject not in the center of
the screen
Afterfocusingonanobjectatthesamedistanceas
thesubject,composetheshot,andtakethepicture.
“Pressingtheshutterbuttonhalfway”(p.14)
Set [AF MODE] (p. 27) to [iESP].
Taking a picture of subjects where autofocus is
difcult
Inthefollowingcases,afterfocusingonanobject
(bypressingtheshutterbuttonhalfwaydown)with
highcontrastatthesamedistanceasthesubject,
composetheshotandtakethepicture.
Subjectswithlowcontrast
Whenextremelybrightobjects
appearinthecenterofthe
screen
Objectwithnoverticallines
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 Itisalsoeffectivetocomposetheshotbyholdingthe
cameraverticallytofocusandthenreturningtothe
horizontalpositiontotakethepicture.
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Whenobjectsareatdifferent
distances
Fast-movingobject
Whenthesubjectisnotinthe
centeroftheframe
Camera shake
“Taking pictures without camera shake”
Taking pictures using [IMAGE STABILIZER] (p. 28)
Whenapictureistakenofashadowysubject,the
CCD
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shiftstocorrectforcamerashakeevenif
theISOspeedisnotincreased.Thisfunctionis
alsoeffectivewhentakingpicturesatahighzoom
magnication.
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 Adevicethattakeslightreceivedthroughthe
lensandconvertsitintoelectricsignals.
Select [jSPORT] in  mode (p. 28)
The[
jSPORT]modeusesafastshutterspeedand
canreducetheblurincurredbyamovingsubject.
Taking pictures at a high ISO sensitivity
IfahighISOspeedisselected,picturescanbetaken
atahighshutterspeedevenatlocationswherea
ashcannotbeused.
[ISO](p.26)
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