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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
Sh
ooting Feat
ures
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M
d
Sports
Use this mode when shooting sporting events. The camera
captures a series of still images that allow you to clearly see
detailed movements in a moving subject.
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The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
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Press and hold the shutter-release button all the way to
capture images continuously. Up to five images are
captured continuously at a rate of about six fps (when image mode is set to
P
).
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The camera focuses even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway. You
may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
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Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each
series.
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The frame rate with continuous shooting may vary depending upon the current image
mode setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
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M
e
Night portrait
Use this mode for evening and night portraits that include
background scenery. The flash fires to light the portrait subject
while preserving background lighting to achieve a natural
balance between the main subject and background
ambience.
From the screen displayed after the
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Night portrait
scene
mode is selected, select
Hand-held
or
Tripod
.
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Hand-held
:
- The
Y
icon is displayed in the shooting screen.
- When shooting against a dark background, press the shutter-release button all the way
to capture a series of images which will be combined into a single image and saved.
- Once the shutter-release button is pressed all the way, hold the camera steady without
moving it until a still image is displayed. After taking a picture, do not turn the camera
off before the monitor switches to the shooting screen.
- If the subject moves while the camera is shooting continuously, the image may be
distorted, overlapped, or blurred.
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Tripod
(default setting): Select this option when using a tripod or other means to
stabilize the camera during shooting.
- The
Z
icon is displayed in the shooting screen.
-
Vibration reduction
94) is automatically set to
Off
regardless of the setting in
the setup menu.
- One image is captured at a slow shutter speed when the shutter-release button is
pressed all the way.
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The camera detects and focuses on a human face (
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The camera softens skin tones by applying the skin softening function before saving
images (
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If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame.
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Digital zoom cannot be used.