111Basic Camera Setup: The Setup MenuShooting, Playback, and Setup Menusb Vibration ReductionVibration reduction effectively corrects blur, caused by slight hand move-ment known as camera shake, that commonly occurs when shooting withzoom applied or at slow shutter speeds. Vibration reduction can be used inall shooting modes.When [Off] is selected, an icon for the current setting is not displayed in themonitor (c 6).j Notes on Vibration Reduction• Vibration reduction may take a few seconds to activate after the camera recovers from thestandby mode or the power is turned on, or the camera enters shooting mode from play-back mode. Wait until the display stabilizes before shooting.• Vibration reduction may be unable to completely eliminate the effects of camera shake insome situations.• [VR] stands for vibration reduction.u AF AssistIf [Auto] (default setting) is selected, AF-assist illumination will be used toassist the focus operation when the subject is poorly lit.Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automati-cally.To disable this function, choose [Off]. When set to [Off], the camera may beunable to focus if lighting is poor.On (default setting)Vibration reduction is enabled when taking pictures and recording movies.Camera detects and factors out panning movements when reducing camerashake. When camera is panned horizontally, for example, vibration reductionreduces only vertical shake. If camera is panned vertically, vibration reductionaffects only horizontal shake. Set vibration reduction to [Off] when using a tri-pod.OffVibration reduction is not enabled.
