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Taking Pictures
When the camera detects a face, the Face Detection function is
activated and the face detection frame appears (p.67).
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Press the shutter release button halfway.
The focus frame on the display turns green when the camera focuses
on the subject at the correct distance.
4
Press the shutter release button fully.
When set to g, the self-timer lamp lights. The self-timer lamp blinks
during the last 3 seconds before shooting or when set to Z.
The picture is taken ten seconds or two seconds later.
In these modes, pictures are taken continuously as long as the shutter
release button is pressed.
• Focusing may be compromised if you move the camera while the self-
timer lamp is blinking when taking still pictures.
• The self-timer lamp does not light up or blink in H (Pet) mode.
•
In
C
(Movie) mode, recording will start after ten seconds (or two seconds).
•
Press the shutter release button halfway while the self-timer is engaged
to stop the countdown and press fully to restart the countdown.
• Z
cannot be selected while
9
(Green) mode is in default setting. Select
Z
in another shooting mode and then switch the shooting mode to
9
.
Taking a Series of Pictures (Continuous Shooting/
Burst Shooting/16-frame Shooting Mode)
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Continuous
Shooting
Each time a picture is taken, the image is saved in the memory
before the next image is taken. The higher the image quality, the
longer the interval between shots.
K
Burst
Shooting
The number of recorded pixels is fixed at f (2592×1944) and
the interval between shots is shorter than “Continuous Shooting”.
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16-frame
shooting
16 pictures are taken continuously at 1/7.5 second intervals.