Manual features to photo-shooting situations
After you are familiar with your camera, let’s shoot an image in various situations with some settings changed. This section describes some representative manual shooting examples.
Q:To shoot a portrait with its background blurred?
,Shooting with aperture priority mode (page 56)
When you want to enhance the person with the background blurred, adjust the aperture manually. The more the aperture is opened (the aperture value becomes smaller), the narrower the focus is. The background is blurred accordingly.
Q:To shoot a portrait against light?
,Selecting a flash mode (page 68)
Shooting a human subject in a bright place can create dim facial shadows. This occurs when the background is brighter than the
person. In such cases, set the flash to 
(Forced flash). You can shoot both the
person and the background clearly.
•You can use the flash within the reach of the flash light.
Advanced still image shooting
Q: To shoot a night scene?
,Shooting with shutter speed priority mode (page 55)
Using the flash in the auto adjustment mode restricts the shutter speed and the flash light does not reach distant subjects. The image, therefore, is not captured clearly. In such cases, slow the shutter speed manually, set
the flash to 
(No flash), and reduce the light using the EV adjustment. You can then shoot a clear night scene.
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