
The default Exposure Mode setting is Auto. The Exposure Mode setting resets to Auto when you turn off the camera. The following table describes the Exposure Mode settings.
Icon | Setting | Description |
None | Auto | The camera automatically selects an |
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| aperture and shutter speed. |
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| Action | The camera biases toward faster shutter |
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| speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop |
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| action. |
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| Landscape | The camera biases toward smaller |
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| apertures and lower ISO speeds for better |
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| depth of field and quality. |
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| Portrait | The camera biases toward wider apertures |
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| to blur the background. |
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| Macro | Use when taking |
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| subjects between 0.1 to 0.8 m (2.5 to |
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| 32 in) away. |
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When you set the Exposure Mode to Action
, Landscape
, or Portrait
, the ISO Speed menu option is
When you set the Exposure Mode to Macro
to take
View alleviates this problem while you are using the Macro ![]()
setting. If you want to use the viewfinder while using Macro
instead, see Using the viewfinder on page 28.
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