52
Taking Pictur
es—Beyond Point-and-Shoot
,
, or Movie: Choosing a Shooting Mode
Beyond Point-and-Shoot
Camera Controls
In
mode, you have a choice of four basic shooting modes (for
information on choosing a shooting mode, see “Tutorial: Taking Pic-
tures”;
24):
Pressing the
SCENE
button in
or
mode displays a menu of twelve
“scenes,” where you can choose an option suited to your subject and com-
position and let the camera adjust settings for best results. For more infor-
mation, see “Tutorial: Getting Creative” (
36).
Auto
Auto produces good results in a wide range of situations. Use
for snapshots or when you want control over image quality (
61), image size (
62), and exposure compensation (
63) while
leaving the camera in charge of other settings.
Manual
Choose this mode for complete control over all camera settings,
including white balance (
64), sharpening (
68), and BSS (
67). You can also choose to take pictures in continuous sequence
while the shutter-release button is held down (
66).
Movie
This mode is used to record NORMAL-quality silent movies
320
×
240 pixels in size (QVGA) at a rate of about fifteen frames
per second. Recording begins when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way down and ends when the shutter-release but-
ton is fully pressed a second time.
• In place of the number of exposures remaining, the exposure-
count display in monitor shows the length of the movie that
can be recorded.
• Movie ends automatically after fifteen seconds or when no more
space is available on the memory card.
• Movies are stored as QuickTime movie files ending in “.MOV”.
• The flash turns off (
) automatically.
• Menus and scene-selection are disabled in movie mode.
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