Taking Pictures (Smart Auto)

Since the camera can determine the subject and shooting conditions, you can let it automatically select the best settings for the scene and just shoot.

Turn on the camera.

zPress the power button.

XThe start-up screen will appear.

Enter A mode.

z Set the mode switch to A.

zWhen you point the camera toward the

subject, the camera will make a slight noise as it determines the scene.

XThe icon for the determined scene will appear in the upper left of the screen, while the icon for image stabilization will appear in the upper right (pp. 184, 185).

XThe camera will focus on detected subjects and display frames on them.

XBlack bars will appear on the sides of the screen. These areas will not be recorded when shooting.

Compose the shot.

z Moving the zoom lever toward i

 

(telephoto) will zoom in on your subject,

 

making it appear larger. Moving the lever

Zoom Bar

toward j(wide angle) will zoom out from

your subject, making it appear smaller.

 

 

(The zoom bar showing the zoom position

 

appears on the screen.)

Focus.

z Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

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