Using situation-specific settings Scene Mode

Focus, coloring, shutter speed and brightness can be manually adjusted. indicates functions used with motion pictures and functions used with

still pictures.

Using situation-specific settings (Scene Mode)

Prearranged settings can be used.

After steps 1 and 2 (previous page)

→[BASIC]→[SCENE MODE]→select from the five modes below:

Sports

For fast-moving scenes

•Avoids blurring during slow-motion playback or playback pause. (In normal playback, image movement may not look smooth.)

•Avoid fluorescent, mercury, and sodium lighting. Such lighting conditions may affect coloring and brightness.

•Vertical bands of light may appear during playback on shiny or highly reflective objects.

•This function may not work if lighting is insufficient ([] flashes).

•Screen may flicker if using indoors.

Portrait

Blurs background to make people stand out

•Screen may flicker if using indoors.

•Vertical bands of light may appear during playback on shiny or highly reflective objects.

Low light

Brightens dark scenes such as evening skies

• May not function successfully in extremely dark scenes.

Spotlight

For people beneath spotlights, etc.

•Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright. Peripheries may also appear extremely dark.

Surf & snow For bright locations such as beaches and ski slopes

• Pictures may appear white when object is extremely bright.

The icon of the selected scene mode appears on the LCD monitor.

To cancel the setting

→[BASIC]→[SCENE MODE]→[OFF] or

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SDR-SW21P, SDR-SW21PC specifications

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