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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
Shooting Features
i Dusk/dawn
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera adjusts the focus to
infinity. The focus area or focus indicator (A12) always lights in green.
j Night landscape
• From the screen displayed after j Night landscape is selected, select Y Hand-held
or Z Tripod.
• Y Hand-held (default setting): This enables you to shoot with the minimum of camera
shake and noise even when holding the camera by hand.
- When the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, pictures are shot continuously,
and the camera combines these pictures to save a single picture.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady without
moving it until a still picture is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera
off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.
- The angle of view (image area) seen in the saved image will be narrower than that seen
on the monitor at the time of shooting.
• Z Tripod: Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a tripod.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if Vibration reduction (A111) in the setup
menu is set to On.
- Press the shutter-release button all the way to shoot a single picture at slow shutter
speeds.
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera adjusts the focus to
infinity. The focus area or focus indicator (A12) always lights in green.
k Close-up
• The focus mode (A62) setting is changed to C (close range only) and the zoom is
automatically set at a position where the camera can shoot from the closest possible
range.
• You can move the focus area that the camera focuses on. Press the k button and then
rotate the multi selector or press H, I, J, or K to move the focus area. To adjust the
following settings, press the k button to temporarily cancel focus area selection, and
then adjust each setting.
- Flash mode or self-timer
• The camera focuses on the subject even when the shutter-release button is not pressed
halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
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