Shooting according to scene conditions — Scene Selection

When shooting portraits, landscapes, twilight scenes, twilight portraits, or moving subjects, use the modes below to improve the quality of your images.

Soft snap mode

This mode lets you shoot skin colors in brighter and warmer tones for more beautiful pictures. In addition, the soft focus effect creates a gentle atmosphere for portraits of people, flowers, etc.

Illumination snap mode

This mode lets you capture beautiful images of both subjects and night scene backgrounds at the same time. In addition, the cross filter effect enhances street lamps or other lights with cross-shaped rays.

Twilight mode

This mode lets you shoot night scenes at far distances without losing the dark atmosphere of the surroundings.

•Note that as shutter speeds decrease, shaking increases.

•The flash strobes in red-eye reduction mode.

•When setting the focus to [AUTO], the focus is

adjusted to approximately 1 m to (infinite). To record subjects closer than 1 m, use the Focus preset (page 30).

•Note that as shutter speeds decrease, shaking increases.

•The focus setting changes to [ ].

•The flash cannot be used in this mode.

•When the focus setting is set to [AUTO], the focus is adjusted to telephoto.

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