82Selecting the Appropriate Capture Mode

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This camera features various capture modes, enabling you to take pictures with settings suited for your photographic vision.

In this manual, the capture modes are referred to as follows.

Capture Mode

Characteristics

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n(Auto Picture) mode

Automatically selects the optimal capture

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mode for the subject.

 

 

H(Scene) mode

Lets you choose the capture mode from

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various scene styles.

 

 

Exposure modes

Changes the shutter speed and aperture

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(e/K/b/c/L/a/p)

value, and takes pictures.

 

C (Movie) mode

Records a movie.

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Lets you capture images with the saved

 

Amodes (B/C)

camera settings. Up to two settings can

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be saved.

 

1 Turn the mode dial to set the desired capture mode to the dial indicator.

Dial indicator