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Beyond Point-and-Shoot—Focus Mode
Macro Close-Up
At widest zoom position where ™ is displayed in yellow, you can focus as close
as 4cm (1.6 in.) from the lens.
• We recommend that you frame pictures in the monitor when using macro
close-up.
• While the flash can be used in macro close-up mode, it may sometimes be
unable to light the entire subject. Take a test picture and verify the results in
the monitor.
Self-Timer
1 Position the camera
• Mount the camera on a tripod (recommended) or rest it on a flat, stable
surface.
2 Select a self-timer mode
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Press the 2 button until either 0
or ™0 appears in the monitor.
Self-timer icon displayed in monitor.
3 Start the timer
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• Compose the picture so that your main subject is placed closest the camera.
• The self-timer lamp next to the flash window will start to blink when the
shutter release button is pressed, and continue to blink until one second
before the photo is taken. The self-timer lamp will stay lit during the final
second to warn that the shutter is about to be released.
• To stop the timer, press the shutter-release button twice with the 10-second
delay and once with the 3-second delay.
Press
shutter
release
once
Self-timer
lamp blinks Self-timer
lamp lights
Press
shutter
release
twice
Countdown timer in monitor shows
number of seconds remaining until
picture is taken
Note on using self-timer
When using the self-timer with off-center subject, select Manual option in
FOCUS OPTIONS: AF-Area Mode in
å shooting mode (p. 111) and select
appropriate focus area, then set the self-timer. Or, select Close Up in scene
mode and select appropriate focus area, then set the self-timer.
10 sec. 3 sec. 1 sec.
Shutter
releases
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