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Turning the Flash On, Shooting Close-ups Macro

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Turning the Flash On You can make the flash fire every time you shoot. The flash range is approximately 30 cm - 4.0 m (12 in. - 13.1 ft.) from the end of the lens (when the zoom button is pressed toward j and held until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum wide angle setting of the lens), and 30 cm - 2.0 m (12 in. - 6.6 ft.) (when the zoom button is pressed toward i and held until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum telephoto setting of the lens). Choose h. ● After pressing the r button, press the qr buttons to choose h, then press the m button. X Once set, h will appear on the screen. Shooting Close-ups (Macro) You can shoot an object at a close distance or even shoot extreme closeups of it. The shooting range (focusing zone) is approximately 3 - 60 cm (1.2 in. - 2.0 ft.) from the end of the lens (when the zoom button is pressed toward j and held until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum wide angle setting of the lens). Choose e. ● After pressing the q button, press the qr buttons to choose e, then press the m button. X Once set, e will appear on the screen. The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires. How can I take better close-ups? • Try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting in Î, to prevent the camera from moving and blurring the image (p. 74). • You can reduce the AF frame size when you want to focus on a specific portion of the subject (p. 79). 67

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Turning the Flash On
You can make the flash fire every time you shoot. The flash range is
approximately 30 cm – 4.0 m (12 in. – 13.1 ft.) from the end of the lens
(when the zoom button is pressed toward
j
and held until the lens stops
moving, which is the maximum wide angle setting of the lens), and 30 cm –
2.0 m (12 in. – 6.6 ft.) (when the zoom button is pressed toward
i
and held
until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum telephoto setting of the
lens).
Choose
h
.
●
After pressing the
r
button, press the
qr
buttons to choose
h
, then press the
m
button.
Once set,
h
will appear on the screen.
Shooting Close-ups (Macro)
You can shoot an object at a close distance or even shoot extreme close-
ups of it. The shooting range (focusing zone) is approximately 3 – 60 cm
(1.2 in. – 2.0 ft.) from the end of the lens (when the zoom button is pressed
toward
j
and held until the lens stops moving, which is the maximum wide
angle setting of the lens).
Choose
e
.
●
After pressing the
q
button, press the
qr
buttons to choose
e
, then press the
m
button.
Once set,
e
will appear on the screen.
The edges of the image may darken if the flash fires.
How can I take better close-ups?
•
Try attaching the camera to a tripod and shooting in
Î
, to prevent the
camera from moving and blurring the image (p. 74).
•
You can reduce the AF frame size when you want to focus on a specific
portion of the subject (p. 79).