Recording

Intelligent Auto Mode/Manual Mode

MANU

iA/MANU switch

Slide the switch to change the Intelligent Auto

Mode/Manual Mode.

MNL is displayed in the Manual Mode.

The following modes appropriate for the condition are set just by pointing the unit to what you want to record in the Intelligent Auto Mode.

 

 

Mode

Effect

 

 

Portrait

Faces are detected and focused automatically, and the brightness is adjusted

 

 

 

 

 

so it is recorded clearly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scenery

The whole landscape will be recorded vividly without whiting out the background

 

 

 

 

 

sky, which may be very bright.

Spotlight Very bright object is recorded clearly.

 

 

 

Low light*

It can record very clearly even in a dark room or twilight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

In modes other than those described above, the contrast is adjusted to give a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clear picture.

* When [AUTO SLOW SHTR] (l 98) is [OFF], Low Light Mode will not be entered.

Depending on the recording conditions, the unit may not enter the desired mode.

In the Portrait, Spotlight, or Low Light Mode, the face will be surrounded by a white frame when detected. In the Portrait Mode, a subject that is bigger and close to center of the screen will be surrounded by an orange frame. (l 103)

Faces cannot be detected depending on the recording conditions, such as when faces are of certain sizes or at certain tilts or when digital zoom is used.

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