Selecting a Shooting Mode

Selecting a Shooting Mode

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Pictures Taking

Selecting the Shooting Mode in the Capture Palette

By selecting the shooting mode according to the shooting situation, you can easily take pictures with the appropriate settings. The shooting modes for taking pictures are as shown below.

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Shooting

Description

Functions Not

Mode

Available

 

 

 

 

The camera automatically adjusts the shutter

 

A

Program

speed and aperture for taking still pictures. You

 

can set other shooting functions such as the

 

 

 

 

 

 

flash mode or continuous shooting mode.

 

 

 

 

None

 

 

The camera decreases the shutter speed for

 

 

beautiful pictures of night views. To prevent

 

A

Night Scene

camera shake, use a tripod or rest the camera on

 

 

 

a flat surface when taking pictures with this

 

 

 

mode. Use the flash if people are included (p.44).

 

q

Landscape

The camera sets the focus to keep both near

 

and far objects as sharp as possible.

 

 

 

 

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Flower

Flowers are captured with soft outlines.

 

 

 

 

 

I

Portrait

Gives your subject a bright, natural look.

 

 

 

 

 

i

Surf & Snow

For taking pictures under extremely bright

White Balance,

 

 

conditions such as beach and snow scenes.

Sharpness,

 

 

The camera increases the shutter speed to

Saturation,

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Sport

make it easier to capture fast-moving subjects

Contrast

 

 

without blurring.

 

E

Pet

The camera takes into account the color of the

 

pet’s fur for proper exposure (p.44).

 

 

 

 

D

Food

The camera increases the saturation for bright,

 

vivid pictures of food.

 

 

 

 

Y

Frame

For shooting composite images using picture

Cont. Shooting,

 

Composite

frames stored in the camera (p.47).

Recorded Pixels

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