CCD plane
AUTO-RECORDING MODE
DIGITAL-SUBJECT-PROGRAM BUTTON
The digital-subject-program button (1) optimizes the camera’s performance for various conditions and subjects. Exposure, white-balance, and image- processing systems work in unison for beautiful results.
| | Pressing the subject-program button cycles through the |
| 1 | modes: macro, portrait, landscape, night portrait, text, |
| macro & text, and the original exposure mode. A pointer |
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| | will indicate the active subject program. The subject |
| | program will remain in effect until it is changed or the |
| | mode dial is turned to another position. Except for |
| | macro, digital subject programs cannot be used in the |
| | multi-function recording mode. |
While camera performance is optimized for each shooting condition, some changes can be made to camera settings with subject programs. The flash mode
(p. 30) can be changed and the exposure can be altered using the exposure-compensation function (p. 46). In extreme lighting conditions, changes in exposure compensation may not produce the intended results in the portrait, night portrait, or text modes. The camera-shake warning (p. 31) may appear in macro, landscape, night portrait, or text modes.
MACRO - used for close-up photography between 16 and 60 cm from the CCD. When the macro mode is selected, the lens will automatically zoom to the correct position. The zoom position cannot be changed. The LCD monitor should be used to compose the picture and will automatically activate if off. The viewfinder cannot be used because of parallax. The flash is set to flash cancel (p. 30). Fill-flash can be used, but can cause extreme overexposure and uneven illumination.
