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slower shutter speed or smaller aperture value. The shutter
speed and corresponding aperture setting are displayed on the
LCD.
■If the shutter speed or
aperture value is
displayed in white, the
exposure setting is
correct for a picture.
■If the combined aperture
and shutter speed setting
does not provide enough
light for a good picture
exposure, the shutter
speed value is displayed
in red.
■If the shutter speed is too
slow to take a handheld photograph without blurring the
picture, the unsteady hold warning icon is displayed.
5Compose the picture.
6Focus the camera and take the picture. See “Setting the focus”
on page 26.
Taking pictures in a Scene mode
You can set the camera to a Scene mode that automatically adjusts
the camera settings for specific types of photography scenes. The
camera has three Scene modes:
Tips & Tricks 1/250th of a second is the maximum shutter speed
you can use in the flash photography mode.
Icon Scene mode Description
Portrait Select this mode to take a picture with a subject sharply
focused and the background slightly out of focus.
The Flash mode is turned on automatically in the Red-eye
reduction mode .
Sports Select this mode to take pictures of fast-moving subjects.
The flash does not operate in the Sports mode .
Night scene Select this mode to take pictures of subjects against a dusk
or night-time background. The Flash mode is turned on
automatically in the Forced flash mode .
Unsteady
hold
warning
Shutter
speed
Aperture
setting