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3. Recording Modes

When [ ] is detected while taking handheld night shots, pictures of the night scenery will

be taken at a high burst speed and composed into a single picture.

When there is, for example, strong contrast between the background and the subject,

multiple still pictures are recorded with differing exposures and combined to create a

single still picture rich in gradation.

[iHDR] works automatically as needed. When it does, [ ] is displayed on the screen.

[Intelligent Auto] menu

Taking handheld shots of night scenes ([iHandheld Night Shot])

> [Intelligent Auto] > [iHandheld Night Shot] > [ON]/[OFF]

• The angle of view will be slightly narrower.

• Do not move the camera during the continuous shooting after pressing the shutter button.

• Flash is fixed to [Œ] (forced flash off).

Combining pictures into a single picture with rich gradation ([iHDR])

> [Intelligent Auto] > [iHDR] > [ON]/[OFF]

• The angle of view will be slightly narrower.

• Do not move the camera during the continuous shooting after pressing the shutter button.

• You cannot take the next picture until the combination of pictures is complete.

• A moving subject may be recorded with unnatural blurs.

Not available in these cases:

• [iHandheld Night Shot]/[iHDR] do not work for the pictures taken during a motion picture

recording.

• [iHandheld Night Shot]/[iHDR] are not available in the following cases:

– When recording in Burst Mode

– When recording 4K photos

– When recording with the Post

Focus function

– When recording with the Bracket

function

– When [Quality] is set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]

– When [Ex. Tele Conv.] in the [Rec] menu is set

– When using [Time Lapse Shot]

– When using [Stop Motion Animation] (only when

[Auto Shooting] is set)

• [iHDR] is not available in the following cases:

– When recording using the flash