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Taking pictures with automatic settings

[Intelligent Auto] Mode
(Continued)
Recording Mode:
Ŷ
To use flash
Select either (Auto) or (Forced Flash Off).
• When is used, , (Auto/Red-Eye Reduction),
(Slow Sync./Red-Eye Reduction) and (Slow
Sync.) are selected automatically according to the subject
type and brightness. For details (ĺ40).
• and indicate that digital red-eye correction is
activated.
• The shutter speed is slower in and .

ƔFocus range (ĺ44).

ƔThe following menu items may be set in [Intelligent Auto] Mode:

• [Rec] menu:
[Picture Size]
1
, [Burst], [Color Mode]
1
, [Face Recog.]
• [Setup] menu2: [Clock Set], [World Time], [Beep]1, [Language], [Stabilizer Demo.]
1 Items that may be set differ from other Recording Modes.
2 Other items on the [Setup] menu will reflect settings made in [Program AE] Mode,
etc.

ƔBacklight 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.

ƔThe settings for the following functions are fixed:

• [Auto Review]: [2 SEC.] • [Sleep Mode]: [5 MIN.] • [Guide Line]:
• [White Balance]: [AWB] • [Quality]: (Fine) • [Sensitivity]:
• [Stabilizer]: [ON] • [AF Mode]: (Face Detection)3
• [AF Assist Lamp]: [ON] • [Quick AF]: [ON] • [Metering Mode]: (Multiple)
• [i.Exposure]: [STANDARD] • [i.Resolution]: [i.ZOOM]
• [Red-Eye Removal]: [ON] • [Continuous AF]: [ON]
3 (23-area-focusing) when face cannot be recognized

ƔThe following functions cannot be used:

[Histogram], [Exposure], [Auto Bracket], [WB Adjust.], [Digital Zoom], [Min. Shtr Speed]
About Happy colors
If [Color Mode] is set to [Happy], still pictures are clearer, with more vivid coloring.
Face Detection and Face Recognition
If the camera automatically identifies the scene and determines that people appear as
subjects in the picture ( , , ), Face Detection is activated, and the focus and
exposure are adjusted for the recognized faces. (ĺ63)
ŶFace Recognition
The faces of people who are taken frequently can be registered together with their
names, ages, and other information.
If pictures are taken with [Face Recog.] (ĺ63) set to [ON], priority is given to the focus
and exposure adjustments of the faces close to those that have been registered. Also,
the camera memorizes detected faces during Face Detection, automatically recognizes
faces which are taken frequently, and displays them on the face registration screen.
AF Tracking
Even if a subject, where the focus was locked (AF Lock) moves, the camera can continue
to keep it in focus.
Set [AF Mode] to AF Tracking
• To cancel AF Tracking ĺ Press Ÿ again.
AF Tracking frame
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then lock.
• To cancel AF Lock ĺ Press ź.
• The optimum scene is detected for the subject where the focus was
locked (AF Lock).
• AF Tracking frame
AF Lock successful: Yellow
AF Lock failed: Red (flash)

ƔFace Recognition will be inactive while using AF Tracking.

ƔUnder certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or when it is dark,

[AF Tracking] may not operate correctly.