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Taking Pictures in
M
(Scene Recognition) Mode
This section describes how to take pictures in
M
mode.
1
Turn the camera on.
Press the
G
button to turn the camera
on.
2
Select
M
mode.
Rotate the mode dial to
M
.
M
In this mode, the camera au-
tomatically analyzes the com-
position and selects a scene
according to shooting condi-
tions and the type of subject:
•
b
(
PORTRAIT
): Human portrait
subject.
•
c
(
LANDSCAPE
): Man-made or natural landscape.
•
d
(
NIGHT
): Poorly-lit landscape.
•
e
(
MACRO
): Subject close to camera.
•
f
(
NIGHT PORTRAIT
): Poorly-lit portrait subject.
•
g
(
BACKLIT PORTRAIT
): Back-lit portrait subject.
a
(
AUTO
) is selected if none of the above are detected.
Selected scene
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