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Operating the camera 9
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(For Aperture/Shutter Priority only) Press
>
/
to select an aperture value or
shutter speed, and then press
.
Movie Record mode settings
Flash mode
The flash offers an additional light source (usually used in a low-light environment). You
can capture an image using one of the following flash modes.
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Description
Video Format:
• 1280 x 720 (720p, 20fps)
• VGA (640 x 480, up to 30fps)
• QVGA (320 x 240, up to 30fps)
White balance: Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, and Cloudy. See
"White Balance" on page 16 for more details.
Effect: Vivid, Normal, B&W, Sepia. See "Effect" on page 18 for more
details.
• See "Setting Sharpness, Saturation and Contrast" on page 18 for information on
saturation and contrast.
• Sharpness is not available in the Movie Record mode.
• Flash is automatically turned off in the Movie Record mode.
• The Movie Record mode records both sound and video. The recording time is
continuous, but recording will stop once the memory card space is full.
• The zoom function is still available while a video is recording. See "Specifications" on
page 29 for details.
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Mode
Description
Auto flash
The flash fires automatically based on the photographic
conditions.
Force off
The flash does not fire. Select this mode when flash
photography is prohibited, or when the distance to the subject
is beyond the effective range of the flash.
Force on
The flash always fires regardless of the surrounding lighting
conditions. Select this mode when capturing images with high
contrast (backlighting) and deep shadows.
Auto anti red-eye Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when capturing natural-
looking images of people and animals in low-light conditions.
Be sure to ask the subject to look at the camera lens or get as
close to the camera as possible. The flash fires automatically
based on the photographic conditions.
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