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Quick Start Basics
Your images will not come out
clearly if you move the camera
when you press the shutter
button. When pressing the
shutter button, be sure to hold
the camera as shown in the
illustration, and keep it still by
pressing your arms firmly
against your sides as you shoot.
Holding the camera still,
carefully press the shutter button
and take care to avoid all
movement as the shutter
releases and for a few moments after it releases. This is especially important when
available lighting is low, which slows down the shutter speed.
NOTE
• To protect against accidentally dropping
the camera and damaging it, attachment
and use of an optionally available wrist
strap or a sufficiently strong
commercially available camera wrist
strap is recommended.
Make sure to keep the strap around your
fingers or wrist while operating the
camera.
• Take care to make sure your fingers and
the strap do not cover any of the areas
indicated in the illustration.
• Never swing the camera around by the
strap.
• When the “Auto Rotate” setting is turned
on, the camera will detect whether it is
being held vertically or horizontally when
a snapshot image is shot. When you display an image shot with the camera held
vertically, the image is rotated automatically 90 degrees when displayed on the
monitor screen (page 155).
IMPORTANT!
• Take care to ensure that your fingers are not blocking or
are not too close to the flash. Fingers can cause unwanted
shadows when using the flash.
Holding the Camera Correctly
Horizontal Vertical
Hold the camera so the flash is above the lens.
Front lamp
Lens
Flash
Attach strap here.