Basic
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When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned is
displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.
• [
¦
] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.
• If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal when
the Scene mode has been identified as [
], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of
8 seconds. Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.
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Face detection
When [
] or [
] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will
adjust the focus and exposure
Note
• Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be
identified for the same subject.
– Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, The size of the
subject, The distance to the subject, The contrast of the subject,
When the subject is moving, When zoom is used
– Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness
conditions, When the camera is shaken
• To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in the
appropriate Recording mode.
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The Backlight Compensation
Backlight refers to light behind a subject.
In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates by brightening the
overall picture.
Scene detection
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>
[i-PORTRAIT]
[i-SCENERY]
[i-MACRO]
[i-NIGHT PORTRAIT]
• Only when [
‡
] is selected
[i-NIGHT SCENERY]
• Only when [
Œ
] is selected