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Selecting a Shooting Mode
You can rotate the mode dial to align the desired
shooting mode with the indicator mark on the
camera body.
•
A
(Auto) mode
Select this mode to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions.
•
o
(Creative) mode
Apply effects to images during shooting.
•
y
(Scene) modes
You can press the
d
button and select a scene mode to shoot using settings
suited for the conditions.
When
Scene auto selector
(default setting) is selected, the camera recognizes the
shooting conditions when you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in
accordance with the conditions.
•
M
(Short movie show) mode
The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (
e
1080/30p
or
S
1080/25p
) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips
that are several seconds long.
•
A
,
B
,
C
, and
D
modes
Select these modes for greater control over shutter speed and f-number.
C
Help Display
The descriptions of functions are displayed while changing the shooting mode or while the
setting screen is displayed.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to quickly switch to shooting mode. You can show
or hide the descriptions using
Help display
in
Monitor settings
126) in the setup
menu.
Selecting a Shooting Mode