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Use this function when you want to take pictures
with the exposure fixed for a particular subject.
Frame the shot so that the subject occupies
most of the center of the screen and then press
the “$” button.
The “%” icon appears on the screen and the
exposure is locked while you hold down the
“$” button.
With the “
$” button held down, press the
shutter button down halfway to focus the shot
and then compose the shot again.
●
!
Once you press the shutter button down halfway, the
exposure remains locked even if you release the “
$”
button.
●
!
When the AE lock is applied, pressing the shutter button
down halfway only sets the focus.
●
!
This function cannot be used in “<” photography mode
or for Long-period continuous shooting with 1280
×
960
-pixel mode.
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MACRO
(
CLOSE-UP
)
PHOTOGRAPHY
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!
Macro mode is automatically cancelled in the following
situations:
i When the photography mode is changed to “
>
(excluding +) • “T” or “~”
i When you switch to playback mode
i When the camera is switched off.
●
!
If the flash is too bright, use flash brightness adjustment
(➡P.56).
●
!
A tripod should be used to avoid camera shake.
(
+
only
)
Shooting distance
Macro
Approx. 10 cm-80 cm
(3.9 in.-2.6 ft.)
Super Macro
Shooting distance with
flash
Approx. 30 cm-80 cm
(1.0 ft.-2.6 ft.)
Approx. 1 cm-20 cm
(0.4 in.-7.9 in.)
Flash cannot be used.
Optical zoom focal length
(35 mm camera equivalent)
Optical zooming cannot be
used.
Approx. 35 mm-80 mm
Max. zoom scale 2.3×
