44 ENColor hue“Taking pictures with colors at the sameshade as they appear”Taking pictures by selecting [WB] (p. 25)Best results in most environments can normallybe obtained with the AUTO setting, but for somesubjects, you should try experimenting withdifferent settings. (This is especially true forsunshade under a clear sky, mixed natural andartificial light settings, and so on.)Taking pictures using [FILL IN] (p. 19) fl ashUse of the flash is also effective for shooting underfluorescent and other artificial lighting.Image quality“Taking sharper pictures”Taking pictures with the optical zoomAvoid using digital zoom (p. 19) to take pictures.Taking pictures at a low ISO sensitivityIf the picture is taken with a high ISO sensitivity,noise (small colored spots and color unevennessthat were not in the original image) can occur, andthe image can appear grainy. The resulting imageis grainier than with low ISO sensitivity as well.[ISO] (p. 25)Batteries“Making batteries last longer”Avoid any of the following operations when notactually taking pictures because they depletethe battery power.Repeatedly pressing the shutter buttonhalfwayRepeatedly using the zoomSet [POWER SAVE] (p. 33) to [ON].●●●●●●●●Playback/Editing tipsPlayback“Playing images in the internal memoryand card”Remove the card when playing pictures in theinternal memory.“Loading the batteries and the xD-Picturecard™ (sold separately) into the camera”(p. 10)“Using the microSD card/microSDHC card(sold separately)” (p. 11)Editing“Erasing the sound recorded to a stillimage” (FE-45/X-40)Record over the sound with silence whenplaying back the image“Adding sound to still images [R]” (p. 29)●●●●