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More on Shooting
More on Shooting
Selecting a Shooting Mode (Mode Dial)
Rotate the mode dial and align an icon to the mark to select one of the following
shooting modes.
Auto mode
A
(Auto) mode (A24)
Pictures can be taken
with an automatic, point-
and-shoot mode
recommended for first-
time users of digital
cameras. Brightness,
vividness, and hue can be
adjusted using the
creative slider. Various
settings are available in
the shooting menu
(A 46).
Scene mode (A 61)
Camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene.
x (Scene auto selector) : By simply framing a picture, the camera automatically
selects the optimum scene mode for simpler shooting.
y : Choose the desired scene from 15 different scene types,
and the camera’s settings are automatically optimized for
the selected scene.
j (Night landscape) : Captures the atmosphere of night landscapes.
S (Night portrait) : The flash fires to light the portrait subject while preserving
the atmosphere of the evening or night view.
R (Backlighting) : The flash fires when there is backlight to prevent the
subject from being hidden in shadow, or use the HDR
function to shoot when there are very bright areas and
very dark areas in the same frame.
C Continuous shooting
mode (A 80)
Change settings to
Continuous or BSS (best
shot selector).
u Special effects (A85)
Effects can be applied to images during shooting.
Six different effects are available.