•Do not turn this unit off, remove its battery or card, or disconnect the AC adaptor
Furthermore, do not subject the camera to vibration, impact or static electricity. The card or the data on the card may be damaged, and this unit may no longer operate normally.
If operation fails due to vibration, impact or static electricity, perform the operation again.
Scene detection
When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its colour changes to the usual red.
¦> 
[i-PORTRAIT]
[i-SCENERY]
[i-MACRO]
[i-NIGHT PORTRAIT]
[i-NIGHT SCENERY]
•Only when [‡] is selected
•Only when [Œ] is selected
•[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
•If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal when the scene mode has been identified as [ 
], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of
8 seconds. Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.
∫Face detection
When [ 
] or [ 
] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure.
Note
•Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the same subject.
–Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, The size of the subject, The distance to the subject, The contrast of the subject, When the subject is moving, When zoom is used
–Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera is shaken
•To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the appropriate recording mode.
∫The Backlight Compensation
Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.
In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of the picture automatically.
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