Using The Skew Correction Mode - Ricoh R8 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.
2
Press the MENU button.
• The scene mode selection screen appears.
3
Press the ADJ./OK button ".
4
Press the button !"#$ to select [Skew Correct Mode].
5
Press the ADJ./OK button.
6
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 original image remains unchanged.
• To select another correction area, move the orange frame to the
target area by pressing the ADJ./OK button $.
• To cancel skew correction, press the ADJ./OK button !. Even if
you cancel skew correction, the original image remains unchanged.
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Press the ADJ./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.121)
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