DIGITAL CAMERA User Manual

More on Shooting

Selecting a Shooting Mode

Select a shooting mode from A (auto), x (scene), F (smart portrait), and s

(subject tracking) modes.

1 Press the A button in shooting

mode.

The shooting-mode selection menu is

displayed.

2 Use the rotary multi selector to select a

shooting mode and press the k button.

The camera enters the selected shooting mode.

When selecting a different scene mode (the second

icon from the top), press K and use the rotary multi

selector to select a scene and then press the k

button.

To return to the current shooting mode without switching shooting modes, press the

A button or the shutter-release button.

1 A Auto mode A 22

Pictures can be taken with an automatic, “point-and-shoot” mode recommended

for first-time users of digital cameras. Shooting settings such as continuous

shooting can be applied from the shooting menu (A 36).

2 x Scene mode A 51

Camera settings are automatically optimized for the selected scene. In scene auto

selector mode, the camera automatically selects the optimum scene mode for

simpler shooting.

3 F Smart portrait A 63

The camera uses face priority to recognize human faces, and then automatically

releases the shutter when a smile is detected. The skin softening option can be

used to make skin tones of human faces displayed smoothly.

4 s Subject tracking A 66

Suited to focus and take pictures of moving subjects.

Auto mode