143Basic Camera Setup: The Setup MenuShooting, Playback and Setup Menusg Vibration ReductionSpecify the vibration reduction setting for taking still pictures.Vibration reduction effectively corrects blur, caused by slight hand movementknown as camera shake, that commonly occurs when shooting with zoom appliedor at slow shutter speeds.Set Vibration reduction to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera duringshooting.When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed duringshooting (when Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed)(A8).B Notes on Vibration Reduction• Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the power is turned on or the cameraenters shooting mode from playback mode. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting.• Due to characteristics of the vibration reduction function, images displayed in the camera’smonitor immediately after shooting may appear blurry.• Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake in somesituations.D Compensating Movies with Electronic VRTo reduce the effects of camera shake when recording movies other than time-lapse movies, enableElectronic VR (A84) from the movie menu (A82).Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A135) M Vibration reductionOn (default setting)Vibration reduction is enabled when shooting still pictures. Camera detects andfactors out panning movements when reducing camera shake.When camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reduction reduces onlyvertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reduction affects onlyhorizontal shake.OffVibration reduction is not enabled.
