Changing capture modes

The Mode button on the top of the camera sets the camera to one of nine different capture modes. Each time you press the Mode button, the camera changes to the next capture mode. The sequence for the different settings is: Normal, Self-Timer, Burst, Macro, Action, Landscape, Portrait, F2.6, F4.9, and then repeat.

NOTE These settings do not have any effect on recording video clips unless specifically noted otherwise.

Each time you change the capture mode, an icon representing that capture mode appears in the Status LCD. If Live View is on, the icon also appears in the Image Display. The following table

describes these different icons.

Icon

Setting

Description

None

Normal

Camera automatically selects focus,

 

 

 

 

 

 

aperture and shutter speed. This is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

default setting when the camera is first

 

 

 

 

 

 

turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-Timer

Camera waits 10 seconds after the Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

button or Shutter button is pressed to take a

 

 

 

 

 

 

video clip or a picture. See Using self-timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode on page 35.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burst

Camera quickly takes multiple still pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

(as long as the Shutter button is held down).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Using burst mode on page 36.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macro

Camera takes extreme close-up pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Using macro mode on page 36.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips

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