Sanyo VPC J4 User Manual

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FOCUS AREA SETTING
You can choose from the following 2 types of autofocus: 
Multi-section focus: The distance to the subject is detected by sampling from
multiple areas of the entire shooting screen. 
Spot focus: The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the LCD mon-
itor. 
1 Display an EXPERT Mode Shooting
Setting Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the desired focus method
from the spot focus menu, and
press the SET button. 
: Multi-section focus is selected. 
: Spot focus is selected....

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LIGHT-MEASURING MODE SETTING 
You can select from 3 types of light-measuring modes. 
Multi-section light-measuring: Light is measured by sampling from multiple
areas of the entire shooting screen. 
Center-weighted light-measuring: Light is measured from the entire shooting
screen, but gives more importance to the
values near the center. 
Spot light-measuring: You can compose the picture and capture the image
after first measuring the light only at the center spot of
the LCD monitor. 
1 Display...

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ZOOM SETTINGS 
Setting the optical zoom (video clip shooting only) 
The optical zoom can be used during video clip photography, but the noise
from the zoom movement may be picked up by the microphone and be audi-
ble during playback. If you are bothered by this noise, you can disable the
optical zoom. 
1 Set the camera to the video clip shooting mode (see page 43), and
display the EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the desired optical zoom
shooting setting from the...

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ZOOM SETTINGS 
Setting the digital zoom 
This setting allows you to specify whether or not the digital zoom is enabled. 
1 Display an EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the desired digital zoom set-
ting from the digital zoom menu. 
3 Press the SET button. 
hThis completes the digital zoom
setting. 
HINT 
iThe digital zoom does not function in the following situations: 
When the resolution is set to   or  . 
In the video clip shooting mode when the frame rate is set to...

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ADDING A VOICE MEMO 
In the still image shooting mode, you can record up to approximately 10 sec-
onds of sound (called a “voice memo”) when capturing the image. 
1 Set the camera to the still image
shooting mode (see page 42), and
display the EXPERT Mode Shooting
Setting Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the voice memo icon 
from the voice memo menu, and
press the SET button. 
3 Press the shutter release button to
capture the image, and then talk
into the microphone. 
hDuring recording,...

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ASSIST LIGHT SHOOTING
The assist light that is emitted before the flash to reduce the red-eye effect
can also be used to brighten the subject during close-up photography in dark
surroundings.
1 Display an EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen (see page 36).
2 Select the desired assist light set-
ting from the assist light menu.
: The assist light is disabled.
: The assist light is enabled.
3 Press the SET button.
hThis completes the assist light 
setting.
NOTE
iWhen the assist light is enabled,...

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EXPOSURE CORRECTION 
When capturing images, you can make the image lighter or darker. 
1 Set the camera to the EXPERT
shooting mode (see page 36), and
exit the Shooting Setting Screen or
Shooting Information Screen (see
page 96). 
hPress the MENU button to exit the
Shooting Setting Screen or Shoot-
ing Information Screen. 
2 Press [l] or [m] on the arrow button. 
hThe exposure correction bar
appears.
hAt this point, you can press [l] or
[m] on the arrow button to adjust the
exposure. 
HINT...

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FLICKER-REDUCTION SETTING (VIDEO CLIP SHOOTING ONLY) 
The flicker-reduction setting reduces the flicker that results when filming video
clips under fluorescent lights and the like where the background lighting pul-
sates at the frequency of the power supply. The flicker-reduction setting is set
for a frequency of 50 Hz. 
1 Set the camera to the video clip shooting mode (see page 43), and
display the EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen (see page 36). 
2 Select the desired flicker-reduction...

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SHOOTING SETTING INFORMATION DISPLAY (SHOOTING INFO SCREEN) 
This Information Screen allows you to check the current settings while shoot-
ing. 
To display 
1 Put the digital camera in a shooting mode. 
2 Press the MENU button for at least 1 second. 
hThe Shooting Information Screen appears. 
To exit  
iPress the MENU button. 
 
iPress the MENU button, or wait 5 seconds. 
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SHOOTING SETTING INFORMATION DISPLAY (SHOOTING INFO SCREEN) 
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INFO
1Resolution setting (see page 59)2ISO sensitivity setting (see page 84)3Optical zoom setting (see page 90)4White balance setting (see page 86)5Self-timer setting (see page 57)6Focus range setting (see page 61)7Focus area setting (see page 88)8Compression rate setting (see 
page 83)
9Light-measuring mode setting 
(see page 89)
0Voice memo setting (see page...