Reference Manual (complete instructions)

Shooting Features

Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)

y M e Night portrait

• On the screen displayed when e Night portrait is selected, select u Hand-held or

w Tripod.

• u Hand-held (default setting):

-While the e icon on the shooting screen is displayed in green, press the shutter-

release button all the way to capture a series of images which are combined into a

single image and saved.

- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still

image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the screen

switches to the shooting screen.

- If the subject moves while the camera is shooting continuously, the image may be

distorted, overlapped, or blurred.

- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is

narrower than that seen on the shooting screen.

- Continuous shooting may not be possible in certain shooting conditions.

• w Tripod:

- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is

pressed all the way.

- Vibration reduction is disabled regardless of the Photo VR setting (A150) in the

setup menu.

• The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.

• If human faces are detected when the picture is taken, the camera softens the facial skin

tones using the skin softening function (A42).

y M f Party/indoor

• To avoid the effects of camera shake, hold the camera steady. Set Photo VR (A150) to

Off in the setup menu when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting.

y M j Night landscape

• On the screen displayed when j Night landscape is selected, select u Hand-held

or w Tripod.