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Sh
ooting Feat
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es
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.
•
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 about four images are captured
continuously at a rate of about 1.2 fps (when
Image mode
is
set to
P
).
•
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.
•
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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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.
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Raise the flash before shooting.
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When the camera detects a human face, it focuses on that face
(
A
65).
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You can use the skin softening option to smooth the skin tones in human faces (
A
47).
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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.
f
Party/indoor
Suitable for taking pictures at parties. Captures the effects of
candlelight and other indoor background lighting.
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The camera focuses on the area in the center of the frame.
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As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera
steadily. Set
Vibration reduction
to
Off
in the setup menu
(
A
88) when using a tripod to stabilize the camera during
shooting.
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