Option
Programmed auto (P)
Shutter-priority auto
(S)
Aperture-priority auto (A)
Manual (M)
Creative Palette (4)
HDR (5)
Soft (q)
Miniature effect (r)
Selective color (s)
Cross process (6)

Choosing a Mode That Matches the Subject or Situation

Choose a creative mode according to the subject or situation:

Description

The camera sets shutter speed and aperture for optimal exposure (0 35). Recommended for snapshots and in other situations in which there is little time to adjust camera settings.

You choose the shutter speed; the camera selects an aperture for best results (0 36). Use to freeze or blur

motion.z You choose the aperture; the camera selects a shut-

ter speed for best results (0 37). Use to blur the background or bring both foreground and background into focus.

You control both shutter speed and aperture (0 38). Choose a shutter speed of “Bulb” for long time-exposures (0 39).

Rotate the palette to choose creative effects while previewing them in the display (0 41).

Photograph high-contrast scenes (0 42).

Shoot photographs with a soft filter effect. Use the & (feature) menu (0 34) to select the amount of softening and to choose how softening applies to portraits (0 129).

The top and bottom of each photo is blurred so that the subject appears to have been a diorama photographed at short range. Works best when shooting from a high vantage point.

Take photos in which only a selected hue appears in color (0 43).

Choose a base color to create photographs with different hues (0 44).

Alter color saturation and reduce peripheral illumi- Toy camera effect (7) nation for a toy camera effect (0 130). The effect can

be adjusted using the &menu (0 34).

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