Reference Manual

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Shooting Features
O: Use of a tripod is recommended when using scene modes indicated with O, because the
shutter speed is slow.
c Landscape
• When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, focus areas or the focus indicator (A8)
always glows green.
d Sports
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• The camera continuously adjusts focus even when the shutter-release button is not pressed
halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
• To take images continuously, hold down the shutter-release button. Up to 6 images are
captured at a rate of about 1.1 frames per second (fps) when image mode is set to
x 5152×3864.
• During continuous shooting, focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with
the first image in each series.
• The frame rate for continuous shooting may vary depending on the current image mode
setting, the memory card used, or shooting conditions.
e Night portrait
• The camera detects a human face and focuses on it (A68).
• If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• The camera smoothes skin tones of human faces by applying the skin softening function
(A51).
• Digital zoom is not available.
f Party/indoor
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
• As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. In dark surroundings,
the use of a tripod is recommended.
O