142Basic Camera Setup: The Setup MenuShooting, Playback and Setup MenusVibration ReductionVibration 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 cameraduring shooting.When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed duringshooting (when Off is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed)(A 9, 23).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.• VR stands for vibration reduction.D Using Electronic VR with MoviesTo reduce the effects of camera shake when recording movies other than time-lapse movies, enableElectronic VR (A 90) from the movie menu (A 88).AF AssistEnable or disable AF-assist illumination.On (default setting)Vibration reduction is enabled when taking pictures and recording movies. Cameradetects and factors out panning movements when reducing camera shake. Whencamera 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.Auto (default setting)AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject ispoorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 2.5 m (8 ft. 2.2 in.) at the maximumwide-angle position and 1.8 m (5 ft. 10.7 in.) at the maximum telescopic position.Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically(A 37).OffDisable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
