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Shooting Features
j Night landscape
• After you select j Night landscape, select Y Hand-held or Z Tripod on the next screen.
• Y Hand-held (default setting): Select this option to produce shots with reduced blurring and
noise even when the camera is hand-held.
- When the j icon in the upper left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-release
button all the way to capture a series of images that will be combined and saved as a single
image.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until the
captured image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera off before the
monitor switches to the shooting screen.
- The angle of view (i.e., the area visible in the frame) seen in the saved image is narrower than
that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.
• Z Tripod: Select this option when using a tripod or other means to stabilize the camera when
shooting.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if Vibration reduction (A98) in the setup menu is
set to On.
- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is pressed all
the way.
• The focus area or focus indicator (A9) always glows green when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway.
• Digital zoom cannot be used.
k Close-up
• Macro mode (A58) is enabled and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at
which it can shoot.
• The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame. Use focus lock to frame the picture
on an object not in the center of the frame (A71).
• The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear
the sound of the camera focusing.
O: Shutter speed is reduced when using scene modes indicated with O; therefore, the use of a
tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction to Off in the setup menu (A98) when
shooting using a tripod to stabilize the camera.