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Shooting Features
To View a Description of Each Scene
Select the desired scene from the scene selection screen and
rotate the zoom control (A 2) to g (j) to view a description
of that scene. To return to the original screen, rotate the zoom
control to g (j) again.
Characteristics of Each Scene
b Portrait
• When the camera detects a person’s face, it focuses on that face (A 68).
• The skin softening feature makes the skin tones in people’s faces appear smoother (A 51).
• If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
• Digital zoom cannot be used.
• The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear
the sound of the camera focusing.
c Landscape
• The focus area or focus indicator (A 9) always turns green when the shutter-release button is
pressed halfway.
d Sports
• The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
• If you continue to hold the shutter-release button all the way down, up to about 6 images are
captured continuously at a rate of about 8 fps (when Image mode is set to P 4608×3456).
• The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You may hear
the sound of the camera focusing.
• Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each series.
• The frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the current image mode
setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
Landscape