Using the Camera “s” Mode and Movie “m” Mode Functions

s m

[ ] Macro and Landscape Photography

Use the macro mode when taking pictures of small subjects such as flowers or coins from a close distance. You can take pictures from a distance as close as about 20 cm (from the surface of the lens). The landscape shooting mode is also available for taking pictures of distant scenery. In this mode, the lens is set to (infinity).

About 20 cm

About 60 cm

Camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

Macro range

photography

Landscape range

Operation — setting to [ ]

Turn on the power and set the mode select dial to “s”.

1

Turn on the power and set the mode select dial to

 

“s”.

 

s / m

 

 

2

Press Down on the directional keypad. When

 

[

] appears, the setting is completed.

Each time you press Down on the directional keypad, the Macro/Landscape mode icon changes.

 

Normal shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

(No icon)

 

(Macro

(Landscape

 

 

 

mode)

mode)

●In the macro mode, you cannot use the zooming control. The focus is fixed to wide focus area. (You can use a digital zoom.)

●In the Landscape mode, the flash does not fire.

●In the Macro mode, pressing Up on the directional keypad will set

the fill-in flash mode.

●In the macro mode, if the LCD monitor is turned off and an image is shot, the LCD monitor turns on by pressing the shutter button halfway down. (When you press Up on the directional keypad or

the menu button, the LCD monitor turns on.)

●The shooting mode will be returned to the normal mode when the power is turned off. If you want to preserve the setting, set [MODE LOCK] to [ON]. (page 84)

Using the landscape mode

48 The landscape mode is nice for shooting the low-contrast landscape such as sky.

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