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Basic Operations
Basic Shooting Operation
How you hold the cam era is im portan t when taking pic tur e s.
• Hold the camera firmly with both hands.
• Press the shutter release button gently when taking a picture.
Holding the Camera
• To reduce camera shake, support your body or the camera on a solid object
such as a table, tree, or wall.
• Although the re are in divi dual differences among phot ogr aphers, the shutter
speed for a handheld camera is generally 1/(focal length ×1.5). For example,
it is 1/75 of a sec ond for a foca l len gt h of 50 m m and 1/150 of a second for
100 mm . Use a t ripod when using a lower shutter speed.
• When using a telephoto lens, a tripod that is heavier than the total weight of
the camera and lens is recommended to avoid camera shake.
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