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Reducing camera shake (the image stabilizer)
You can reduce the amount of camera shake that can occur when shooting in low
light situations or shooting with high magnifi cation.
1
Display the live control (P. 20) and select
the image stabilizer item using FG.
2
Select an option with HI and press Q.
OFF
Image stabilizer is off.
I.S. 1
Image stabilizer is on.
Image stabilization applies only to vertical (Y) camera shake. Use when
I.S. 2
panning the camera horizontally.
Image stabilization applies only to horizontal (Z) camera shake. Use when
I.S. 3
panning the camera horizontally with the camera held in portrait orientation.
Choosing a focal length (Micro Four Thirds/Four Thirds System lenses excluded)
Use focal length information to reduce camera shake
when shooting with lenses that are not Micro Four
Thirds or Four Thirds system lenses.
1
Select the [IMAGE STABILIZER] item
in the live control (P. 20) and press the
INFO button.
2
Use HI to choose a focus distance and press Q.
•
Choose a focal length between 8 mm and 1000 mm.
•
Choose the value that most closely matches to the one that is printed on the lens.
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Caution
•
The image stabilizer cannot correct excessive camera shake or camera shake that
occurs when the shutter speed is set to the slowest speed. In these cases, it is
recommended that you use a tripod.
•
When using a tripod, set [IMAGE STABILIZER] to [OFF].
•
When using a lens with an image stabilization function, turn off the image stabilizer
function of either the lens or the camera.
•
You may notice an operating sound or vibration when the image stabilizer is activated.
•
The image stabilizer will not activate at shutter speeds of over 2 seconds.
•
If the internal temperature of the camera exceeds the specifi ed temperature, the
image stabilizer is deactivated and the image stabilizer icon lights red on the monitor.
FOCAL LENGTH
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