48Additional Shooting OptionsUsing Vibration Reduction (VR)Vibration reduction adjusts the lens to compensate for camera motion thatcan blur your image while shooting still pictures or movies. It makes blurringless likely to occur in situations where it is difficult to hold the camera steady,such as when shooting at slow shutter speeds in dimly lit surroundings orwhen zoomed in for close-up shots. When you compose your image, you cansee the results of Vibration reduction on the camera’s monitor.Setting Vibration ReductionNotes on Vibration Reduction• Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the camera recovers from Standbymode or the power is turned on. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting. There may alsobe a slight display lag after a picture is taken.• Turn Vibration reduction off when using a tripod.• Depending on the situation, camera shake may not be completely reduced even if Vibration re-duction is set.W Normal(default setting)Suitable for normal shooting conditions. The camera detects andsmoothes out panning movements. Vibration reduction reducesonly vertical shake when the camera is panned horizontally and onlyhorizontal shake when panned vertically.X ActiveSuitable for severe camera shake such as when shooting from amoving vehicle. This option does not detect vibrations when pan-ning.Off Vibration reduction is turned off.In Shooting mode, press f repeatedlyto select W (Normal), X (Active) orOff.Selected option is indicated by icon onmonitor.• After the icon appears, frame picture,focus, and shoot.F2.7F2.71/601/60 120120F2.71/60 120
