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Choosing a Scene

Creative mode offers a choice of the following scenes:

Option

Description

 

The camera sets shutter speed and aperture for opti-

Programmed auto (P)

mal exposure (0 36). Recommended for snapshots

 

and in other situations in which there is little time to

 

adjust camera settings.

Shutter-priority auto

You choose the shutter speed; the camera selects an

(S)

aperture for best results (0 37). Use to freeze or blur

motion.

 

 

You choose the aperture; the camera selects a shut-

Aperture-priority

ter speed for best results (0 38). Use to blur the

auto (A)

background or bring both foreground and back-

 

ground into focus.

 

You control both shutter speed and aperture (0 39).

Manual (M)

Choose a shutter speed of “Bulb” for long time-expo-

 

sures (0 40).

 

Each time the shutter-release button is fully pressed,

 

the camera takes a series of shots and combines

 

them to capture low lighting in night scenes; during

 

processing, a message is displayed and no pictures

Night landscape (j)

can be taken. The flash does not fire and the edges of

 

photos are cropped out. Note that the desired results

 

may not be obtained if the camera or subject moves

 

during shooting; if the camera is unable to combine

 

the images, a warning will be displayed and only

 

one picture will be taken.

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