40
Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
Shoot
ing Features
y
M
d
Sports
•
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
•
While you continue to hold the shutter-release button all the way, up to 7 pictures are
shot at a rate of about 7 frames per second (fps) (when image quality is set to
Normal
and image size is set to
r
4896×3672
).
•
The camera focuses on the subject even when the shutter-release button is not pressed
halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
•
Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each
series.
•
The frame rate with continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current
image quality setting, image size setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
y
M
e
Night portrait
On the screen that is displayed when
e
Night portrait
is selected, select
Y
Hand-held
or
Z
Tripod
.
•
Y
Hand-held
: Select this mode to hold the camera by hand for shooting pictures.
•
Z
Tripod
(default setting): Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a
tripod.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if
Vibration reduction
in the setup menu
(
A
103
)
is set to
Normal
or
Active
.
•
The camera shoots a single picture at a slow shutter speed. Compared to using
Tripod
,
when
Hand-held
is selected the camera sets a slightly faster shutter speed in
accordance with the shooting conditions to prevent camera shake.
•
The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.
•
The camera detects and focuses on a face (
A
80).
•
The skin softening feature makes the skin tones in people's faces appear softer (
A
46).
•
If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
•
The digital zoom is not available.
y
M
f
Party/indoor
•
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
•
As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. Set
Vibration
reduction
to
Off
in the setup menu (
A
103) when shooting using a tripod to stabilize
the camera.
y
M
Z
Beach
•
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
y
M
z
Snow
•
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
