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VQT2A80
Basic
• Open the flash when the flash is to be used. (P64)
• [ ], [ ], or [ ] will appear depending on the type and brightness of the subject.
• Flash is activated twice. Especially with [ ] or [ ], digital red-eye reduction (P65) is
executed, and the time until the second flash is longer, so subject should not move until the
second flash is activated.
• Flash modes cannot be switched using the menu in the Intelligent auto mode.
It is possible to take motion pictures matching the subjects and conditions with intelligent
auto mode.
1 Perform steps 1 and 2 on page 44.
2 Start recording by pressing the motion picture
button.
3 Stop the recording by pressing the motion
picture button again.
• Refer to P103 for details about recording motion pictures.
w Scene detection
When the camera identifies the optimum scene in recording motion pictures, the icon of
the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its colour changes to
the usual red.
• [¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
w Face detection
When [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust
the focus and exposure (P77).
w The Backlight Compensation
Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.
In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by
brightening the whole of the picture automatically.
Backlight Compensation will work automatically when a face is recognised with the [ ].
Note
• Due to conditions, a different scene may be identified for the same subject. Please read the
Note regarding the Scene detection (P45) for details.
• Functions enabled for motion picture recording are different to those enabled for still picture
recording.
About the flash
Taking motion pictures using the automatic function
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[i-SCENERY]
[i-LOW LIGHT]
[i-CLOSE-UP]