Nikon S5100, User Manual

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Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode)
More on
Sh
ooting
Shooting in the Scene Mode Selected by the Camera
(Scene Auto Selector)
By simply framing a picture, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene
mode for simpler shooting. When a picture is framed in
x
(
Scene auto selector
)
scene mode, the camera automatically adjusts settings for one of the following
scene modes:
1
Press the
A
button in shooting
mode and use the multi selector
to select
x
(
Scene auto selector
)
scene mode (
A
51).
The camera enters scene auto selector
scene mode.
2
Frame the subject and take a picture.
When the camera automatically selects a scene mode,
the shooting mode icon changes to that for the scene
mode currently enabled.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to set focus and exposure. When the subject is
in focus, the active focus area glows green.
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to take the picture.
• Auto (general shooting) • Portrait (
A
54)
• Landscape (
A
54) • Night portrait (
A
55)
• Night landscape (
A
57) • Close-up (
A
58)
• Backlighting (
A
60)
d
: Auto
e
: Portrait
f
: Landscape
h
: Night portrait
g
: Night landscape
i
: Close-up
j
: Backlighting
Scene auto selector
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