103Basic Camera Setup: The Setup MenuShooting, Playback and Setup Menusg Vibration 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. Vibration reduction can be used in all shooting modes.Turn vibration reduction off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera duringshooting.When vibration reduction is enabled, the current setting is displayed in themonitor during shooting (when off is selected, an icon for the current setting is notdisplayed in the monitor) (A 6).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.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.
