Advanced | STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS | |
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS | ||
3 Features |
Consider the scene you are photographing and the sort of image you want to achieve when you specify the camera settings. A general guide is given below.
1 Select the Photography mode (➡P.31).
a Auto | Leaves the “EV” and “White balance” settings to the | |
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s Manual | Sets the “EV” and “White balance” to manual to easily | |
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m | Portrait | Uses for photography getting beautiful skin tones and |
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| soft overall tone. |
, | Scene | Uses for shooting scenery in daylight. |
. | Sport | Uses for shooting sporting events. |
/ | Night | Uses for shooting evening and night scene. |
2 Specify the photography settings (➡P.26-30, 32).
e | Macro | Uses for |
d | Flash | Uses for photography in dark locations or for backlit |
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y | Quality | Set the size of the recorded image when the picture is |
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| the print size. |
* | Uses in situations such as group shots where the | |
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| photographer is included in the shot. |
DEV (Exposure compensation) Uses the AE exposure as a reference value of 0, this
function brightens (+) or darkens
A White balance Uses to fix the white balance to suit the photography
conditions and lighting.
3 Take the pictures
■Photography Mode Specifications
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d | eMACRO | OFF | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||
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| AUTO Auto Flash |
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c | d FLASH | d Forced Flash | AUTO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | |
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| cSlow Synchro |
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| yQuality | 3 | YES | YES |
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D EV (Exposure Compensation) | 0 | NO | YES |
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| A White balance | AUTO | NO | YES |
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