The Digital Photography Companion

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INFINITY LOCK

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Off e Off setting disables the stabilizer, which is sometimes appropriate for shots

when the camera is supposed to be moving, such as shooting motion shots while

riding a bicycle.

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You don’t need your image stabilizer on when your camera is mounted on a tripod.

Turn it off and conserve a little extra battery power.

As a general rule of thumb, I recommend that you leave the stabilizer on in Continuous

or Shoot Only mode to increase your odds of capturing a sharp image in any lighting

condition.

Infinity Lock

Some cameras have an infinity setting that allows you to lock the focus on subjects that

are 10 feet away or farther. At first, this might not seem like an overly useful addition to

your camera’s feature set, but infinity lock is particularly handy in situations when your

camera’s autofocus system has difficulty locking in on a subject, causing it to hunt for

the correct setting. In this case, you simply select the infinity lock and shoot away.

Infinity lock helps to reduce shutter lag too. If, for example, you’re taking pictures at your

daughter’s soccer game and are missing too many shots because of the lag between the

time you press the shutter button and the moment the picture is actually recorded, try

using the infinity lock. e camera is now prefocused and will respond more quickly.

Also, if you’re shooting landscapes through a car