32 VQT1Z93 VQT1Z93 33Taking picture with automatic settings

‘INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode’

Mode:
Optimum settings are made automatically from information such as ‘face’, ‘movement’,
‘brightness’, and ‘distance’ just by pointing the camera at the subject, meaning that clear
pictures can be taken without the need to make settings manually.

Automatic scene detection

Turn on the power
Status indicator illuminated for
approx. 1 second.
Set to
Set to (INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode)

Take a picture

Press halfway
(Adjust the
focus)
Press fully
Focus display
(when focus
aligned:
flashing →
illuminated)
Recognized scene icon displayed in
blue for 2 sec.
To take motion pictures (P.61)
Status indicator
Shutter button
Camera reads scene when pointed at
subject, and makes optimum settings
automatically.
• During AF tracking (P.34), the
optimum scene is automatically
selected for the subject where the
focus was locked (AF Lock).
Recognises ‘i PORTRAIT’
Follows face to take clear, bright
pictures.
Recognises ‘i SCENERY’
Takes sharp pictures of near and far
landscapes.
Recognises ‘i MACRO’
Reads distance to take sharp pictures
of close subjects
Recognises ‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’
Takes bright, natural pictures of people
and night scenery. (Only with )
Recognises ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’
Uses slow shutter speed to achieve
natural colouring.(Only with )
Recognises ‘i BABY’
(P.34)
Recognises movement
Reads subject movement to avoid
blurring when scene does not
correspond to any of the above.

Backlight compensation

Backlight refers to the light that shines from behind the subject. When this occurs, the
subject appears darker, and so backlighting is automatically corrected by increasing the
brightness of the entire image.

To use flash

Select either (Auto) or (forced flash off).
When using , (AUTO), (Auto/red-eye reduction)
and (Slow sync./red-eye reduction) will be switched
between automatically (see P.43 for details).
A second flash will be emitted in and for red-eye
reduction.
Focus range → (P.47).
In addition to automatic scene detection, ‘INTELLIGENT ISO ’, ‘I.EXPOSURE’, and
‘BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION’ will operate automatically.
The following menu items may be set in INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode.
•
(REC menu): ‘PICTURE SIZE 1’, ‘BURST’, ‘COLOR MODE 1’, ‘FACE RECOG. 1’
•
(MOTION PICTURE menu) : ‘REC MODE’, ‘REC QUALITY 1’, ‘COLOR MODE 1’
• (SETUP menu
2
): ‘CLOCK SET’, ‘WORLD TIME’, ‘BEEP 1’, ‘LANGUAGE’
1 Items that may be set differ from other recording modes.
2 Other items in the SETUP menu will reflect settings made in other recording modes.
According to the following conditions, different scene types may be determined for the
same subject.
• Face contrast, conditions of subject (size, distance, colouring, movement), zoom ratio,
sunset, sunrise, low brightness, jitter
If desired scene type is not selected,
we recommend manually selecting the
appropriate recording mode.
(scene mode: P.51)
We recommend using a tripod and the
self-timer with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’ and
‘i NIGHT PORTRAIT’.
When jitter is small (e.g. using tripod)
with ‘i NIGHT SCENERY’, shutter speed can reach a maximum of 8 seconds. Do not
move the camera.
The settings for the following functions are fixed.
• AUTO REVIEW: 2 SEC. • POWER SAVE: 5 MIN. • GUIDE LINE:
• WHITE BALANCE: AWB • QUALITY: (Fine) • STABILIZER: AUTO
• AF MODE: (Face detection) 1 • AF ASSIST LAMP: ON
• METERING MODE: (Multiple) • PRE AF: Q-AF
1 (11-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognised
The following functions cannot be used.
‘HISTOGRAM’, ‘EXPOSURE’, ‘AUTO BRACKET’, ‘MULTI ASPECT’ ,
‘WB ADJUST.’, ‘DIGITAL ZOOM’, ‘MIN. SHTR SPEED’, ‘AUDIO REC.’
e.g. Face too large – ‘i PORTRAIT’ becomes
‘i MACRO’