Displaying a Description of Each Scene Mode (Help Display)

Select a scene and move the zoom control

(A1) toward g(j) to view a description of that scene. To return to the previous screen, move the zoom control toward g(j) again.

Portrait

Landscape

Time-lapse movie

Sports

Night portrait Party/indoor

Tips and Notes

xScene auto selector

When you point the camera at the subject, the camera automatically recognizes the shooting scene mode from the list below and adjusts the shooting settings accordingly.

e

Portrait (for taking close-up portraits of one or two people)

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

Portrait (for taking portraits of large numbers of people, or images in

 

which the background takes up a large portion of the frame)

 

 

f

Landscape

 

 

 

 

 

h

Night portrait (for taking close-up portraits of one or two people)

 

Shooting

c

Night portrait (for taking portraits of large numbers of people, or images

 

in which the background takes up a large portion of the frame)

 

 

 

 

Features

g

Night landscape

 

 

i

Close-up

 

 

j

Backlighting (for taking pictures of subjects other than people)

 

 

 

 

 

d

Backlighting (for taking portrait pictures)

 

 

d

Other scenes

 

 

The focus area depends on the composition of the image. When the camera detects a human face, it focuses on that face (A53).

Depending on shooting conditions, the camera may not select the desired scene mode. In this case, select another shooting mode (A19).

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