Using A(Auto) Mode

Shooting Menu Options in A(Auto) Mode

In A (auto) mode, the following options can be changed.

Shooting menu

Image mode

White balance

Continuous

ISO sensitivity

AF area mode

Autofocus mode

In the A(Auto) mode shooting screen Mdbutton MAtab (A12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

A

 

 

Allows you to select the combination of image size and

 

 

Image mode

image quality used when saving pictures.

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The default setting is R4320×3240.

 

 

 

 

 

This setting is applied to other shooting modes.

 

 

 

Allows you to adjust the colors in the picture to suit the

 

Shooting

 

under most types of lighting, white balance can be

 

 

light source, which can make colors appear as they do to

 

 

 

the eye. Although Auto (default setting) can be used

 

 

White balance

adjusted to suit the sky conditions or light source and

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Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

achieve more natural color tones in the picture.

 

 

 

Set the flash to W(Off) when white balance is set to any

 

 

 

setting other than Auto and Flash.

 

 

 

Allows you to select from continuous settings of Single,

 

 

 

Continuous, BSS (A43), or Multi-shot 16. The default

 

 

 

setting is Single (i.e., only one picture is captured at a

 

 

Continuous

time).

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In Continuous, while the shutter-release button is held

 

 

down, up to 18 pictures are taken at a rate of about 0.8

 

 

 

frames per second (fps) when Image mode is set to R

 

 

 

4320×3240.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher ISO sensitivity allows you to shoot in lower light

 

 

 

conditions and thus take pictures of darker subjects.

 

 

 

Additionally, even with subjects of similar brightness,

 

 

 

pictures can be taken at faster shutter speeds, and

 

 

 

blurring caused by camera shake and subject movement

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ISO sensitivity

can be reduced. When ISO sensitivity is set to Auto

 

 

(default setting), the camera sets the ISO sensitivity

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

If Auto is selected and the ISO sensitivity is raised

 

 

 

automatically, the Eicon is displayed in the shooting

 

 

 

screen (A8).

 

 

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