Using The Skew Correction Mode - Ricoh GR Digital II User Manual

Using the Skew Correction Mode

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Turn the mode dial to SCENE.
• The camera is ready to shoot and the selected scene mode is
displayed at the top of the picture display.
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Press the MODE button.
• The scene mode selection screen appears.
3
Press the #$ buttons to select [Skew Correct Mode].
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Press the MENU/OK button.
5
Press the shutter release button to shoot the picture.
• The display indicates that the image is being processed, and then the
area recognized as the correction range is displayed with an orange
frame. Up to five areas can be recognized.
• If the target area cannot be detected, an error message appears. The
image before correction remains recorded.
• To select another correction area, move the orange frame to the target
area by pressing the $ button.
• To cancel skew correction, press the ! button. Even if you cancel
skew correction, the image before skew correction remains recorded.
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Press the MENU/OK button.
• The display indicates that the image is being corrected, and then the
corrected image is recorded. The image before correction is also
recorded.
Caution------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When [Skew Correct Mode] is selected, note the following:
• To shoot the subject as large as possible, position it so that the entire portion of the
subject is visible on the picture display.
• The camera may fail to recognize the subject in the following cases:
• When the image is out of focus
• When four edges of the subject are not clearly visible
• When it is hard to distinguish between the subject and background
• When the background is complicated
• Two images, one before correction and the other after correction, are recorded. If the
number of remaining shots is less than two, you cannot shoot the subject.
Note ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can also correct the skew of a previously shot still image. (GP.145)
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