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Taking Pictures (AUTO Mode)
Holding the camera correctly
CAUTION
• Moving the camera while shooting gives a blurred
picture (camera shake). Hold the camera steadily with
both hands.
• If the lens or flash is obscured by your fingers or the
strap, subjects may be out of focus or the brightness
(exposure) of your shot may be incorrect.
• Check that the lens is clean. If it is dirty (getting
fingerprints on the lens etc.), clean the lens as informed
on separate note.
3 Check the composition on the LCD monitor.
To adjust zoom scale using the Zoom button:
MEMO
• Select e Macro mode to take close-up shots (➝p.59).
• Use digital zoom when you want to shoot the subject
closer (➝p.108).
Brace your elbows
against your sides and
hold the camera with both
hands.
Do not cover the lens or
flash with your fingers.
W button
(Zoom out)
T button
(Zoom in)
• Focal range
Approx. 60 cm (2.0 ft.)
to infinity
• Optical zoom focal
length (35 mm
camera equivalent)
Approx. 36 mm to
180 mm
• Max. zoom scale
5×
Zoom bar