Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)

Characteristics of Each Scene

Use of a tripod is recommended in scene modes with Oindicated due to slow shutter speed.

Set Vibration reduction in the setup menu (A94) to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.

bPortrait

The camera detects and focuses on a face (A62).

The skin softening feature makes the subject’s skin appear softer (A46).

If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.

The digital zoom is not available.

cLandscape

When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera adjusts the focus to infinity. The focus area or focus indicator (A10) always lights in green.

dSports

The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.

When you continue to press the shutter-release button all the way, up to about 6 pictures are shot at a rate of about 8 frames per second (fps) (when image mode is set to

P4608×3456).

The camera focuses on the subject even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.

Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each series.

The frame rate with continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current image mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.

Features Shooting

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