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## Situations this camera has difficulty handling

The camera cannot take full advantage of some features under certain circumstances.
When shooting under the following conditions, either recompose the shot or change the shooting mode, then shoot the images again.

#### Low light conditions

- Intelligent Sweep Panorama

- Background Defocus

- Tracking focus

- 3D Still Image

- 3D Sweep Panorama

- Sweep Multi Angle

#### Overly bright conditions

- Background Defocus

- Tracking focus

#### Varying levels of brightness

- Tracking focus

#### Flickering lights

- Intelligent Sweep Panorama

- 3D Sweep Panorama

#### Subjects too close to the camera

- Intelligent Sweep Panorama

- 3D Sweep Panorama

- Sweep Multi Angle

- Background Defocus

#### Subjects too far from the camera

- Background Defocus

#### Large moving subjects or subjects that move too quickly

- Superior Auto

- Background Defocus

- Tracking focus

- 3D Still Image

- 3D Sweep Panorama

#### Subjects too small or too large

- Tracking focus

- Background Defocus

- 3D Sweep Panorama

#### Background the same color as the subject

- Background Defocus

#### Scenes with little contrast, such as the sky or a sandy beach

- Intelligent Sweep Panorama

- Superior Auto

- 3D Sweep Panorama

- Sweep Multi Angle

#### Scenes changing constantly, such as waterfalls

- Intelligent Sweep Panorama

- Superior Auto

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