4 TakingPictures

Taking Pictures

Taking Pictures

Selecting a Shooting Mode

There are various ways of capturing images, from modes where the camera automatically sets the shooting functions to obtain the best pictures, to modes where settings are made manually to achieve a particular effect.

Shooting Modes

 

 

There are 12 Picture modes to choose from. The

 

d Picture mode

camera selects the optimal exposure, white balance,

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etc. according to the shooting conditions. This mode

 

 

lets you take pictures in a variety of situations.

 

R Program mode

This is the basic picture-taking mode. It offers a wide

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range of camera functions for you to enjoy.

c

Aperture

This mode lets you set the aperture manually and

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Priority mode

the camera automatically selects the shutter speed.

 

Shutter Priority

This mode lets you set the shutter speed manually

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b mode

and the camera automatically adjusts the aperture.

a Manual mode

This mode lets you set the shutter speed and

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aperture manually.

 

 

 

E User mode

Lets you take pictures using the functions and

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settings registered in advance in User mode.

 

 

 

C Movie mode

Lets you record movie and sound.

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D

Digital Filter

Lets you take pictures with an artistic feel by adding

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mode

a digital filter.

G

3D Image mode

Lets you take 3D pictures.

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Panorama

Lets you overlap the edges of your images so that

 

F

they can be joined to form a panorama picture using

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Assist mode

 

 

the software supplied with the camera.

 

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Turn the mode dial until

 

 

the desired mode icon is

 

 

located at the position of

 

 

the dial indicator.

 

 

 

Dial indicator

 

 

• O is the mode for recording sound. (1p.146)

 

 

• 7 is the mode for using the camera as a digital exposure

 

 

metering. (1p.169)

 

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