2. Press [SET] and then use [8] and [2] to select the top Control Panel option (Slide Direction). 3. Use [4] and [6] to select the direction you are planning to move the camera while shooting, and then press [SET]. You can select one of four directions: Right, Left, Up, or Down. 4. Point the camera at the start of the panorama and half-press the shutter button to allow the camera to focus automatically. 5. Press the shutter button the rest of the way down and a slide cursor will appear on the monitor screen. Slowly move the camera in the direction indicated by the arrow on the screen until the slide cursor reaches the other end of its movement range (i.e. all the way to the right when moving the camera to the right). • The camera will start composing the panorama image Slide cursor internally when the slide cursor reached the other end of the movement range. • Image composing also will start automatically if you stop moving the camera during panorama shooting. After you stop moving the camera, the message “Busy... Please wait...” appears as the camera processes the image. Wait until this message disappears before using the camera. Image shooting is disabled while the message is displayed. Snapshot Tutorial 53 NOTE • The following conditions are not compatible with Slide Panorama shooting. – Subject whose brightness is very different from that of its surroundings due to artificial light, sunlight, etc. – Rivers, waves, waterfalls, or other subject with constantly changing patterns – Sky, beach, or other subject with continuous patterns – Camera too close to the main subject – Moving subject • Slide Panorama may stop part way through in the following cases. – Subject or camera movement – Camera movement that is too fast or too slow • Shooting a Slide Panorama image after half-pressing the shutter button to perform Auto Focus may not produce the desired results if there are considerable differences in the brightness, color, and/or focus of the individual images. If this happens, try changing the focus position by focusing on a different subject, etc. • Since a Slide Panorama image is created by joining multiple images together, there may be some roughness at the point where two images are joined. • Shooting under a flickering light source (such as fluorescent lighting) may result in uneven brightness and/or coloring in the final Slide Panorama image. • Shooting in dark surroundings may result in a blurred image or may make Slide Panorama shooting impossible. • Slowly move the camera at a constant speed in the same direction as the arrow that appears on the monitor screen. • When moving the camera, try to keep the arrow on the monitor screen as straight as possible. • The exposure and white balance when shooting Slide Panorama images are fixed at the levels measured when you half-press the shutter button at the beginning of the operation. • An error message will appear if the camera is unable to successfully record a series of images. • If you shoot a moving subject, the camera may not be able to compose the panorama image properly. • With this BEST SHOT scene, the flash setting automatically becomes ? (Flash Off). Snapshot Tutorial 54 Shooting without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode) Shooting without Disturbing Others (Silent Mode) The Silent mode automatically disables flash, mutes operation tones, and configures other settings to avoid disturbing others around you. It comes in handy when shooting in a museum or other areas where flash photograph is prohibited. 1. Set the mode dial to m (Silent). This enters the Silent mode, which is indicated by m (Silent) on the monitor screen. • The settings shown below are fixed and cannot be changed while in the Silent mode. Flash Off AF Assist Lamp Off Self-timer Off Sounds Off Screen –1 to 0 • See the following for details. – Flash (page 38) – AF Assist Lamp (page 78) – Self-timer (page 46) – Sounds (page 142) – Screen (page 141) Snapshot Tutorial 55 Recording Movie Images and Audio To record a movie 1. Configure the quality setting for the movie (page 82). The length of the movie you can record will depend on the quality setting you select. 2. In the REC mode, point the camera Remaining recording time (Movie). This will start recording and display Y on the monitor screen. Movie recording includes monaural audio. 3.Press [0] (Movie) again to stop recording. Recording time [0] (Movie) at the subject and then press [0] (page 175) • Each movie can be up to 29 minutes long. Movie recording stops automatically after 29 minutes of recording. Movie recording also will stop automatically if memory becomes full before you stop movie recording by pressing [0] (Movie). Shooting with BEST SHOT With BEST SHOT (page 61), you can select the sample scene that matches the type of movie you are trying to shoot and the camera will change its setup accordingly, for beautiful movies every time. Selecting the BEST SHOT scene named Night Scene, for example, will configure the camera so night ...