42VQT2D32∫ About the screen indicationswhen the button is pressedß: Flash (l 57)ßj: Flash level (l 57): Red eye reduction (l 58): Quality of still pictures: Size of still picturesR3000: Remaining number of still pictures(Flashes in red when [0] appears.): Still picture operation indicator (l 116): MEGA optical image stabilizer (l 41): Optical image stabilizer (l 45)∫ About the focus indication≥ The focus indication indicates the status of theauto focus.≥ The focus indication does not appear inmanual focus mode.≥ The focus indication does not appear or hasdifficulty focusing in the following cases.jWhen the zoom magnification is high.jWhen the unit is shaken.jWhen the subject is moving.jWhen the subject stands in front of a lightsource.jWhen close subjects and far subjects areincluded in the same scene.jWhen the scene is dark.jWhen there is a bright part in the scene.jWhen the scene is filled with only horizontallines.jWhen the scene lacks contrast.∫ About the focusing areaWhen there is a contrasting object ahead orbehind the subject in the focus area, the subjectmay not be focused. If so, move the contrastingobject out of the focus area.≥ Focus area is not displayed in the followingconditions.jWhen the intelligent auto (portrait mode) isused.jWhen the digital zoom (more than approx.16k) is used.jWhen AF tracking is used.Selecting the picture quality.Select the menu. (l 23): Still pictures with a high picture qualityare recorded.: Priority is given to the number of stillpictures recorded. Still pictures arerecorded in normal picture quality.≥ If the [QUALITY] is set to , mosaic-patternnoise may appear on a playback imagedepending on the picture content.R3000R3000R3000 MEGA2.1 M2.1 MMEGAPicture quality[PICTURE] # [QUALITY] # desired setting
