Using A (Auto) Mode

Options Available in the Auto Shooting Menu

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

On the A(Auto) mode shooting screen MTap the dtab (A11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

A

 

 

Allows you to select the combination of image size and

 

 

AImage mode

image quality used when saving images (A64).

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The default setting is x5152×3864.

 

 

 

 

 

This setting is applied to other shooting modes.

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting

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Touch AF/AE, which allows you to set the focus area by

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Select between Touch shutter (default setting), which

 

 

q/s/rTouch

allows you to release the shutter by tapping the monitor,

 

 

 

 

 

 

tapping the monitor, and Subject tracking, which

 

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moves the focus area to track the registered subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher ISO sensitivity allows you to take pictures of darker

 

 

 

subjects. Additionally, even with subjects of similar

 

 

XISO sensitivity

brightness, images can be taken at faster shutter speeds,

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and blurring caused by camera shake and subject

 

 

movement can be reduced. When ISO sensitivity is set to

 

 

 

Auto (default setting), the camera sets the ISO sensitivity

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allows you to select from continuous settings of Single,

 

 

 

Continuous, BSS (A47), or Multi-shot 16. The default

 

 

 

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

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VContinuous

time). In Continuous, while the shutter-release button is

 

 

held down, up to 6 images are taken at a rate of about 0.9

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

x5152×3864.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

WWhite balance

under most types of lighting, white balance can be

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adjusted to suit the sky conditions or light source and

 

 

 

 

 

achieve more natural color tones in the image.

 

 

 

Set the flash mode (A55) to c(Off) when white

 

 

 

balance is set to any setting other than Auto and Flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CFeatures That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously

Some functions cannot be used with other menu options (A66).

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