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Taking Pictures—Beyond Point-and-Shoot
, , or Movie: Choosing a Shooting Mode
Beyond Point-and-Shoot
Camera Controls
In
mode, you have a choice of four basic shooting modes (for
information on choosing a shooting mode, see “Tutorial: Taking Pic-
tures”; 24):
Pressing the SCENE button in or mode displays a menu of twelve
“scenes,” where you can choose an option suited to your subject and com-
position and let the camera adjust settings for best results. For more infor-
mation, see “Tutorial: Getting Creative” ( 36).
Auto
Auto produces good results in a wide range of situations. Use
for snapshots or when you want control over image quality (
61), image size ( 62), and exposure compensation ( 63) while
leaving the camera in charge of other settings.
Manual
Choose this mode for complete control over all camera settings,
including white balance ( 64), sharpening ( 68), and BSS (
67). You can also choose to take pictures in continuous sequence
while the shutter-release button is held down ( 66).
Movie
This mode is used to record NORMAL-quality silent movies
320 × 240 pixels in size (QVGA) at a rate of about fifteen frames
per second. Recording begins when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way down and ends when the shutter-release but-
ton is fully pressed a second time.
•In place of the number of exposures remaining, the exposure-
count display in monitor shows the length of the movie that
can be recorded.
•Movie ends automatically after fifteen seconds or when no more
space is available on the memory card.
•Movies are stored as QuickTime movie files ending in “.MOV”.
•The flash turns off (
) automatically.
•Menus and scene-selection are disabled in movie mode.