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Selecting a Shooting Mode
You can rotate the mode dial to align the desired shooting mode with the indicator
mark on the camera body.
•
A
(Auto) mode
Select this mode to perform general shooting in a variety of shooting conditions.
•
y
,
o
,
j
,
e
,
o
,
d
(Scene) modes
Select any one of scene modes based on the shooting conditions, and you can
take pictures with the appropriate settings for those conditions.
-
y
: Press the
d
button and select a scene mode.
-
o
(scene auto selector): The camera recognizes the shooting conditions when
you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in accordance with the conditions.
-
j
(night landscape): Use this mode to shoot night landscapes.
-
e
(night portrait): Use this mode to shoot evening and night portraits that
include background scenery.
-
o
(backlighting): Use this mode to shoot backlit subjects.
-
d
(sports): Use this mode to shoot sports photos.
•
s
(Creative) mode
The camera saves four images with effects and one image without effects
simultaneously in one shot.
•
F
(Smart portrait) mode
Use glamour retouch to enhance human faces during shooting, and use the smile
timer or self-collage function to take pictures.
•
M
(Short movie show) mode
The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (
e
1080/30p
or
S
1080/25p
) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips
that are several seconds long.
C
Help Display
The descriptions of functions are displayed while changing the shooting mode or while the
setting screen is displayed.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to quickly switch to shooting mode. You can show
or hide the descriptions using
Help display
in
Monitor settings
in the setup menu.
Selecting a Shooting Mode
