5.Useful Shooting Functions Using the Shooting Mode Dial (Image Zone)

Settings fitting the shooting conditions of your subject can easily be set using the mode dial.

Landscape

Use this mode to shoot landscape scenes.

Night Scene

Use this mode to capture human subjects against the backdrop of an evening sky or night scene. The subjects are illuminated with light from the flash while the backdrop is captured at a slow shutter speed so that both appear correctly exposed.

Portrait

Use this mode when you want the subject to appear sharp and the background to blur.

Fast Shutter

Use this mode to shoot fast moving objects.

Movie (p. 58)

Use this mode to shoot movies. Sound is also recorded simultaneously.

Slow Shutter

Use this mode to shoot moving objects to make them appear blurred, such as river rapids.

Stitch Assist (p. 50)

Use this mode when taking shots that you want to combine into a panorama.

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