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Next stupid newbie question -- red camera icon
Okay, I've found this once in the user manual and can't find it again
and am getting too frustrated to look further. I think I actually may have figured out my way around the focus problems, given the help I've gotten (thanks!). But now I get a little red camera icon...which admittedly I did find in the manual but now can't remember where it was...which means...WHAT???? I am an technical editor, and my job is largely presenting information so that it can be easily understood and located (my kingdom for an index on this damn manual!). So could someone less confused than I am tell me what's the little red camera icon, what do I do about it, and geez is this s'posed to be easier than it is? I thought the FZ5 would be more intuitive than it is...or maybe I'm just less bright than I thought *I* was. It's possible. beeswing |
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beeswing wrote:
Okay, I've found this once in the user manual and can't find it again and am getting too frustrated to look further. I think I actually may have figured out my way around the focus problems, given the help I've gotten (thanks!). But now I get a little red camera icon...which admittedly I did find in the manual but now can't remember where it was...which means...WHAT???? I am an technical editor, and my job is largely presenting information so that it can be easily understood and located (my kingdom for an index on this damn manual!). So could someone less confused than I am tell me what's the little red camera icon, what do I do about it, and geez is this s'posed to be easier than it is? I thought the FZ5 would be more intuitive than it is...or maybe I'm just less bright than I thought *I* was. It's possible. beeswing, You can download the manual as a PDF file and search it. I couldn't find where it mentions a red-camera icon, though. Does the icon indicate too slow and exposure for hand-holding, perhaps? Where in the viewfinder does it appear? David |
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David J Taylor wrote: beeswing wrote: Okay, I've found this once in the user manual and can't find it again and am getting too frustrated to look further. I think I actually may have figured out my way around the focus problems, given the help I've gotten (thanks!). But now I get a little red camera icon...which admittedly I did find in the manual but now can't remember where it was...which means...WHAT???? I am an technical editor, and my job is largely presenting information so that it can be easily understood and located (my kingdom for an index on this damn manual!). So could someone less confused than I am tell me what's the little red camera icon, what do I do about it, and geez is this s'posed to be easier than it is? I thought the FZ5 would be more intuitive than it is...or maybe I'm just less bright than I thought *I* was. It's possible. beeswing, You can download the manual as a PDF file and search it. I couldn't find where it mentions a red-camera icon, though. Does the icon indicate too slow and exposure for hand-holding, perhaps? Where in the viewfinder does it appear? David I found it, with your help...thanks! Thanks for the PDF idea, too, although it wouldn't have helped with this particular question...what the manual needs is a legend chart for the icons. The red camera icon appears in the top right of the viewfinder, and with your hint of what it might be, I found the explanation: it's the "jitter alert," and it means exactly what you said. Thanks! beeswing |
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On 23 Aug 2005 06:53:44 -0700, beeswing wrote:
I found it, with your help...thanks! Thanks for the PDF idea, too, although it wouldn't have helped with this particular question...what the manual needs is a legend chart for the icons. The red camera icon appears in the top right of the viewfinder, and with your hint of what it might be, I found the explanation: it's the "jitter alert," and it means exactly what you said. Thanks! Have you turned on the image stablizer (there's a dedicated button on the top of the camera)? That works wonders for reducing camera shake problems. Set it to Mode 2 and leave it on. -dms |
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Daniel Silevitch wrote:
Have you turned on the image stablizer (there's a dedicated button on the top of the camera)? That works wonders for reducing camera shake problems. Set it to Mode 2 and leave it on. -dms I hadn't found the image stabilizer button yet...and wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with it when I did find it. Thanks for the tip! beeswing, total zlr newbie |
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