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Taking Pictures
• Focusing may be compromised if you move the camera while the self-
timer lamp is blinking when taking still pictures.
• The flash does not discharge in j or q mode.
• In the following modes, you cannot select j or q.
9 (Green), S (Fireworks), N (Frame Composite), o (Miniature
Filter), or p (HDR Filter) mode or when recording a movie.
• Digital zoom and Intelligent Zoom are not available in q mode.
• For movies using the self-timer, recording will start ten seconds or two
seconds after the Movie button is pressed.
• Press the shutter release button halfway while the self-timer is running
to stop the countdown and press fully to restart the countdown.
• Z cannot be selected while the 9 (Green) mode settings remain as
the default. However, it can be selected if you select Z in another
shooting mode first, and then switch the shooting mode to 9.
•In j or q mode, the number of pictures that can be taken
consecutively and the frame rate per second vary depending on the
shooting condition.
•In j or q mode, the focus, exposure and white balance are locked
with the first shot.
• When [Face Detection] is set to [On] (p.59) in j or q mode, the
function works only for the first shot.
• When j or q is selected as the drive mode in b (Auto Picture)
mode, pictures are taken consecutively in shooting mode selected for
the first shot.
