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Red-Eye Correction Function

You can correct red eyes in recorded images.

Red eyes may not be automatically detected in some images or the results may not turn out as you intended.

We recommend that you use [New File] to save corrected images.

Examples:

- Faces near the screen edges or faces that appear extremely small, large, dark or bright in relation to the overall image.

- Faces turned to the side or at a diagonal, or faces with a portion hidden.

1 Select [Red-Eye Correction].

1. Press the button.

2.In the menu, use the or button to select .

3.Press the button.

2 Select an image.

1.Use the or button to select the image you wish to correct red eyes.

2.Press the button.

A frame will automatically display where a red-eye is detected.

If red-eye is not automatically detected, select [Add Frame]

with the or button and press the FUNC./SET button (p. 138).

To cancel the correction frame, select [Remove Frame] and press the FUNC./SET button (p. 139).

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3 Correct the image.

1.Use the , , or button to select [Start].

2.Press the button.

4 Save the image.

1.Use the , , or button to select [New File] or [Overwrite].

2.Press the button.

[New File]: Saved as new file with a new name. The uncorrected image

is stored. The new image is stored as the last file.

[Overwrite]: Saved with the same file name as the uncorrected image. The uncorrected image is erased.

When [New File] is selected, proceed to Step 5.

To continue correcting red-eye in another image, repeat from Step 2.

5 Display the saved image.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select [Yes].

3. Press the button.

Selecting [No] returns to the menu.

z Red-eye correction cannot be performed on movies. z Overwriting cannot be performed on protected images.

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z When there is not enough space left on the memory card, red-eye correction cannot be performed.

z Although you can apply red-eye correction any number of times to an image, the image quality will gradually deteriorate with each application.

zSince the correction frame will not appear automatically on images that have already been corrected once with the RedEye Correction function, use the [Add Frame] option to correct them.

Add Correction Frame

1 Select [Add Frame].

1.Use the , , or button to select [Add Frame].

2.Press the button.

A green frame will display.

2 Adjust the position of the frame.

1.Use the , , or button to move the frame.

Size of the frame can be changed with the zoom lever.

3 Add a correction frame.

1. Press the button.

The correction frame will be added and the frame color will change to white.

To add additional frames, adjust the position and then press the FUNC./SET button.

Up to 35 frames can be added.

When you finish adding frames, press the MENU button.

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To correctly perform red-eye correction, take note of the following (refer to the image in Step 2 on page 138):

-Adjust the correction frame size so that it only surrounds the red-eye portion to be corrected.

-When there are several subjects with red-eye, be sure to add one correction frame per subject.

Removing Correction Frames

1 Select [Remove Frame].

1.Use the , , or button to select [Remove Frame].

2.Press the button.

2 Select a frame you wish to remove.

1.Use the or button to select a frame to remove.

The selected frame will appear in green.

3 Delete the frame.

1. Press the button.

The selected frame will disappear.

To continue deleting frames, return to Step 2.

When you finish deleting frames, press the MENU button.

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