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Shooting Suited to Scenes
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Sh
ooting
Use of a tripod is recommended in scene modes with which
O
is indicated. Set
Vibration
reduction
(
A
147) to
Off
when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.
Noise reduction is automatically performed in scene modes with which
Q
is indicated. More time
than usual is required to record pictures to which noise reduction is applied.
c
Landscape
Use this mode for vivid landscapes and cityscapes.
•
Camera focuses at infinity. The focus area or focus indicator
(
A
30) always glows green when the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway. Note, however, that objects in the
foreground may not always be in focus.
•
The flash does not fire and the flash mode is disabled.
•
The AF-assist illuminator does not light (
A
148).
•
Use the scene effect adjustment slider (
A
39) to adjust
picture saturation.
d
Sports
Use this mode for dynamic action shots that freeze the action
in a single shot and record motion in a series of pictures.
•
The camera focuses continuously until focus is locked by
pressing the shutter-release button halfway.
•
While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 6
pictures are taken at a rate of about 1 frame per second (fps)
when image mode is set to
f
16:9 (3968)
.
•
The maximum frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the
current image mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
•
Continuous shooting is disabled and only one picture can be taken at a time when the
shutter is released using the
K
Touch shutter
function (
A
51).
•
The flash does not fire and the flash mode is disabled.
•
The AF-assist illuminator does not light (
A
148).
e
Night portrait
OQ
Use this mode for portraits taken at sunset or at night. The flash
fires to light the portrait subject while preserving background
lighting to achieve a natural balance between the main subject
and background ambience.
•
The camera detects and focuses on a face (
A
28, 34).
•
If no faces are recognized, the camera focuses on the subject
at the center of the frame by pressing the shutter-release
button halfway.
•
The camera smoothes skin tones (in up to three faces) by applying the skin softening
function before recording pictures (
A
120).
•
Digital zoom is not available.
•
The flash mode setting is fixed at fill flash with slow sync with red-eye reduction.
•
Use the scene effect adjustment slider (
A
39) to adjust picture brightness.
