User Manual

ENG-10
YoucanusetheimagestabilizerinAForMF
mode.
Thisfunctionprovidesoptimalimagestabilization
dependingonshootingconditions(suchas
shootingstillsubjectsandfollowingshots).
1 Set the STABILIZER switch to ON.
 Ifyouarenotgoingtousetheimagestabilizer
function,settheswitchtoOFF.
2 When you press the shutter button halfway,
the Image Stabilizer will start operating.
 Makesuretheimageintheviewnderisstable,
thenpresstheshutterbuttontherestoftheway
downtotakethepicture.
 TheImageStabilizercannotcompensatefora
blurredshotcausedbyasubjectthatmoved.
 TheImageStabilizermaynotbefullyeffective
ifyoushootfromaviolentlyshakingvehicleor
othertransportation.
 TheImageStabilizerconsumesmorepower
thannormalshooting,resultinginfewershots
andashortermovieshootingtime.
 Whenshootingastillsubject,itcompensatesfor
camerashakeinalldirections.
 Itcompensatesforverticalcamerashakeduring
followingshotsinahorizontaldirection,and
compensatesforhorizontalcamerashakeduring
followingshotsinaverticaldirection.
 Whenyouuseatripod,theImageStabilizer
shouldbeturnedofftosavebatterypower.
 Evenwithamonopod,theImageStabilizerwill
beaseffectiveasduringhand-heldshooting.
However,dependingontheshootingconditions,
therearecasesinwhichtheImageStabilizer
effectmaybelesseffective.
 Theimagestabilizerfunctionalsooperateswhenthe
lensisusedwithanExtensionTubeEF12IIorEF25II.
 TheImageStabilizerwilloperateevenwhenyou
pressthebuttonassignedtotheAFfunctionwith
thecamera’sCustomFunctions.
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