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Shooting Features
j Night landscape
• The focus area or focus indicator (A9) always glows green when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway.
• From the screen displayed after j Night landscape is selected, select Hand-held or Tripod.
• 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 at the top left of the monitor lights in green, press the shutter-release
button all the way to capture a series of images which will be combined into a single image
and saved.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera still until a still image
is displayed. After taking an image, 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 will be narrower
than that seen in the monitor at the time of shooting.
• Tripod: Select this option when using a tripod or other means to stabilize the camera during
shooting.
- Vibration reduction is disabled even when Vibration reduction (A104) 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.
• Digital zoom cannot be used.
k Close-up
• Macro mode (A62) is enabled and the camera automatically zooms to the closest position at
which it can focus.
• You can move the focus area. To move the focus area, press the k button, and then press the
multi selector H, I, J, or K.
To change settings for any of the following functions, first press the k button to cancel focus-
area selection, then change the settings as desired.
-Flash mode
-Self-timer
- Exposure compensation
• The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear
the sound of the camera focusing.