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6. Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
• It is recommended to disable the Image Stabilizer when using a tripod.
• The Stabilizer function may not be effective in the following cases.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press the shutter button.
– When there is a lot of jitter
– When the zoom magnification is high
– When using the Digital Zoom
– When taking pictures while following a moving subject
– When the shutter speed becomes slower to take pictures indoors or in dark places
• The panning effect in [ ] is more difficult to achieve in the following cases.
– In brightly lit places such as in broad daylight on a summer’s day
– When the shutter speed is faster than 1/100th of a second
– When you move the camera too slowly because the subject is moving slowly (The
background will not become a blur)
– When the camera does not keep up with the subject satisfactorily
Not available in these cases:
• The Image Stabilizer does not work for [High Speed Video] recording.
• In Panorama Shot Mode, the [Stabilizer] setting will switch to [ ] ([Panning]) even if it is set
to [ ] ([Normal]).
• In the following cases, the [Stabilizer] will switch to [ ] ([Normal]), even if it is set to [ ]
([Panning]):
– When recording 4K photos
– When recording using [Post Focus]