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Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode)
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Use this mode for dynamic action shots that freeze the action
in a single shot and record motion in a series of pictures.
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The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the
frame. The area focused can be changed by the touch
shutter (
44). The camera
continuously adjust the focus until the shutter-release
button is pressed halfway to lock the focus.
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While the shutter-release button is held down, up to 4 pictures are taken at a rate of
about 0.9 frames per second (fps) when image mode is set to
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4320
×
3240
.
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Focus, exposure, and white balance are fixed at the values determined with the first
picture in each series.
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The maximum 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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Continuous shooting is disabled and only one picture can be taken at a time when the
shutter is released using the
Touch shutter
function (
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The flash does not fire and the flash mode is disabled.
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AF-assist illuminator (
151) does not light.
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Night portrait
Use this mode for portraits taken at sunset or at night. 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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When the camera detects a human face, that face will be
framed by a yellow double border (focus area). See “Face
Detection” (
50) for more information.
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If more than one face is detected, the face nearest to the camera will be framed by a
yellow double border (focus area) and the other faces by a single border. Tap the face
framed by a single border to change the focus area to that face (
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The camera softens skin tones (in up to three faces) by applying the skin softening
function before recording pictures (
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If no faces are detected when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the camera
focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
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Digital zoom is not available.
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The flash mode setting is fixed at fill flash with slow sync with red-eye reduction.
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Use the scene effect adjustment slider (
63) to adjust picture brightness.
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