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Depth
When shooting landscapes and sceneries, add depth to
your pictures by placing objects in the foreground. If the
foreground object is too close to the camera, it may be
blurred.
Lighting conditions
Changing the source, amount, and direction of light can
change photographs dramatically. Here are some typical
lighting conditions:
• Light source behind the subject. Avoid placing your
subject in front of a strong light source. If the light
source is behind the subject or visible in the display,
the resulting picture may have weak contrast, may be
too dark, and may contain unwanted light effects.
• Sidelit subject. Strong side light gives a dramatic
effect but may be too harsh, resulting in too much
contrast.
• Light source in front of the subject. Harsh sunlight
may cause the subjects to squint their eyes. The
contrast may also be too high.
• Optimal lighting is found in situations where there is
plenty of diffused, soft light available, for example, on
a bright, partially cloudy day or on a sunny day in the
shadow of trees.
Record videos
To activate the camera, Press , and select Camera in the
Standby view. The camera starts, and you can see the view
to be captured.
If the camera is in Image mode, open the video recorder
view by moving the joystick right.
To adjust colour before recording a video, select Options >
Adjust > White balance or Colour tone. See ‘Adjust
colour’, p. 40.
1 Press the joystick to start recording. The record icon
is shown and a tone sounds, indicating to the
subject that video is being recorded.
2 To pause recording at any time, select Pause. The pause
icon blinks on the display. Video recording
automatically stops if the recording is set to pause and
there are no key presses within a minute.
3 Select Continue to resume recording.
4 Select Stop, or press the joystick to stop recording. The
video clip is automatically saved to the Video
clipsfolder of Gallery. See ‘Gallery’, p. 43.
Viewfinder indicators show the following:
—The microphone indicator shows that the microphone
is muted.
—The self-timer indicator shows that the self-timer is
activated. See ‘You in the picture—self-timer’, p. 40.