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Shooting Features
J Underwater face framing
• You can take pictures of human faces underwater automatically without
submerging your face.
• When Underwater face framing is set, the waterproofing-related messages
are displayed.
Confirm each message and press the multi selector K to display the next
message. Press flexible button 4 (O ) to skip the messages and change to the
shooting screen.
• See “<Important> Shockproof, Waterproof, Dustproof, Condensation” (Ax-xv)
for more information about using the camera underwater.
• When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way while the shooting
screen is displayed, automatic shooting begins. Submerge the camera into the
water, and point it at a human face underwater. When the camera detects a
human face, the power-on lamp and self-timer lamp flash, and the shutter is
automatically released. When the shutter is released, the lamps flash quickly.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way again to stop shooting. When four
images are captured or the camera remains in automatic shooting mode for
about 30 seconds, shooting ends automatically.
• When shooting ends, the captured images are displayed in the monitor. Press
flexible button 4 (O) to return to the shooting screen.
• The zoom position is fixed at wide-angle position.
• The flash is set to y Flash off, but the setting can be changed (A23).
• The self-timer is not available (A24).
• The camera may not be able to detect faces depending on the clarity of the
water or the shape of the goggles used.
O Shoot at intervals
• The camera can automatically capture still images at pre-determined intervals.
Images captured in one shooting are saved in one folder and can be viewed in a
slide show (A67).
• Press flexible button 2 (dShoot every 30 seconds), flexible button 3
(eShoot once a minute), or flexible button 4 (fShoot every 5 minutes)
to set the shooting interval.
•
The maximum number of images that can be captured depends on the selected interval.
- Shoot every 30 seconds: Approx. 280 images
- Shoot once a minute: Approx. 140 images
- Shoot every 5 minutes: Approx. 30 images
• Use a sufficiently charged battery to prevent the camera from turning off during
shooting.
• Press the shutter-release button all the way down to capture the first image. In
between each shot, the monitor turns off and the power-on lamp flashes. The
monitor automatically turns on again just before the next image is captured.
• Press the shutter-release button halfway to stop shooting.
• The flash is set to w Auto flash, but the setting can be changed (A23).
• The self-timer is not available (A24).
