Night portrait - for deep, subtle night scenes. The use of a tripod is recommended. When used with flash, the subject and background exposures are balanced. The flash can only be used with close subjects such as with a portrait of a person. When using the flash, ask your subjects not to move after the burst; the shutter may still be open for the background exposure.

Text - To take pictures of black text or line art on white backgrounds.

Super Macro - for close-up photographs down to 6cm (2.4 in.). When selected, the lens zooms automatically to the Super Macro position; the zoom position cannot be changed. At close object distances, the flash may cause overexposure or uneven illumination, set the flash mode to flash cancel (p. 28). The use of a tripod is recommended.

Auto recording - when the Digital Subject Programs are turned off, the camera uses programmed autoexposure.

SPOT AF

The spot AF is used for selective focusing. Both focus and exposure are determined with the spot focus area. When auto reset (p. 45) is active, the spot AF area resets to the wide focus frame when the camera is turned off. The spot focus area can be used with movie recording. When used with the digital zoom (p. 51), the spot focus area is enlarged.

Press and hold the center button of the controller to display the spot focus area; press and hold the button again to return to the wide focus frame. Take the picture as described in the basic recording operation section on page 24.

When the LCD monitor is off, the camera cannot be switched between wide and spot AF; the last AF mode set is active. When the live image only display is used, switching between the wide and spot AF modes resets the display mode to the full display.

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