About the screen indications in Still Picture Recording Screen display will disappear when no touch operation is performed for a specific period of time. To display it again, touch the screen. It will be constantly displayed when the remaining number of still pictures that can be recorded becomes 200 or less. About the focus indication The focus indication indicates the status of the Auto Focus. The focus indication does not appear in Manual Focus Mode. The focus indication does not appear or has difficulty focusing in the following cases.
j When close subjects and far subjects are included in the same scene j When the scene is dark j When there is a bright part in the scene j When the scene is filled with only horizontal lines About the focusing area When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area. Focus area is not displayed in the following conditions.
j When the Intelligent Auto Mode (Portrait) is used j When AF/AE tracking is used j When the Extra Optical Zoom is used j When the unit determines that the AF assist lamp is necessary Recording still pictures in Motion Picture Recording Mode You can record still pictures even in Motion Picture Recording Mode. ¬ Change the mode to . Press the button fully (press to the bottom) to take the picture. It is possible to record still pictures while recording motion pictures. (Simultaneous recording) Remaining number of recordable pictures is displayed while still pictures are being recorded. Built-in flash, Red-eye Reduction, Self-timer ( l 64) do not work.
While recording motion pictures or during the PRE-REC operation, image quality is different from ordinary still pictures so that motion picture recording takes preference over still picture recording. 36 VQT4C76 Still picture operation indicator (l 147) R3000 Remaining number of still pictures ≥Flashes in red when [0] appears. 16 M Size of still pictures (l 79) MEGA MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer (l 35) Optical Image Stabilizer (l 55) AF assist lamp (l 82) ß Flash (l 63) ßj Flash level (l 63) Red-eye Reduction (l 63) R3000 16 M MEGA