Shooting – The Basics

z A custom white balance setting (p. 87) cannot be set in mode. To use a custom white balance setting, first set it in another Shooting mode.

z The settings in place for the first image are locked in and cannot be changed for subsequent shots.

z A TV cannot be used as the monitor for shooting in this mode.

See page 159 for settings that can be

changed in this mode.

Special Scene Mode

Mode Dial

By simply selecting one of the following 8 modes, you can shoot the image with the most appropriate settings for the scene.

 

 

 

Appropriate for shooting images

 

 

Foliage

with flowers, leaves or trees to

 

 

 

enhance color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appropriate for shooting the

 

 

 

subject against the backdrop of

 

 

Snow

snowy mountains while

 

 

 

preventing dark subjects and

 

 

 

bluish backgrounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appropriate for shooting scenes

 

 

Beach

by the sea or on sunlit sandy

 

 

 

 

beaches while preventing dark

 

 

 

 

 

 

subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fireworks

Appropriate for shooting fireworks

 

 

 

 

clearly with the optimal exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Basics

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Canon A95 manual Special Scene Mode, Clearly with the optimal exposure