HP D3000 D3000 Mode dial, Icon, Mode, Description

Mode dial

There are 8 recording modes can be set by turning the Mode dial, such as Intelligent Scene, Scene mode, Continuous Shooting, Photo Stitch, Manual Exposure, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Program. Once turning the Mode dial, it will enter the selected mode immediately even in Playback mode or during movie recording.

For detail operation, please see the following sections.

The table below shows the available settings for Mode dial.

Icon	Mode	Description
		The camera detects the shooting conditions and automatically switches
	Intelligent Scene	to the appropriate scene mode. See "Using Intelligent Scene" on page
		29 for more details.
		Turns the mode dial to enter last used Scene mode. Press the MENU
	Scene mode	button to select other scene mode. See "Setting the Scene Mode" on
		page 30 for more details.
	Continuous	Turns the mode dial to enter last used Continuous Shooting mode. See
	Shooting	"Using Continuous Shooting" on page 36 for more details.
	Photo Stitch	This feature creates a panoramic photo from multiple shots. See "Using
		Photo Stitch Mode" on page 36 for more details.
		This feature lets users to adjust the shutter speed and aperture value to
	Manual Exposure	correctly expose your images. See "Using Manual Exposure" on page 37
		for more details.
		This feature lets users to adjust the aperture value and the camera
	Aperture Priority	automatically selects the shutter speed to match the brightness. See
		"Using Aperture Priority Mode" on page 38 for more details.
		This feature lets users to adjust the shutter speed and the camera
	Shutter Priority	automatically selects the aperture value to match the brightness. See
		"Using Shutter Priority Mode" on page 38 for more details.
	Program	The camera automatically adjusts suitable shooting settings like shutter
		speed and aperture values.

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