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Shutter release button
Four-way controller
OK button
Picture Mode
You can match your settings to the situation.
Picture Mode
There are nine modes available.
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Landscape Enhances your landscape photos.
Night-Scene Mode Enables you to take dark scenes such as night views.
Night-Scene
Portrait
Portrait
Enables you to take portraits in dark conditions.
Enhances your portrait photos.
Surf
Snow
Flower
Fireworks
Snap Mode
Enhances photos taken against bright backgrounds such as sandy beaches.
Enhances photos taken against highly reflective backgrounds such as snowy mountain slopes.
Enhances your flower photos.
Enhances your fireworks photos.
Enhances your snap photos.
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Press the four-way controller (3) in
Capture mode.
The Virtual mode dial is displayed.
SNAP
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OK OK
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Press the four-way controller (45) to select your desired Picture mode.
For example, select Landscape.
SNAP
OK OK
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Press the OK button.
Picture Mode
The Picture mode is selected.
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Lightly Press (Halfway) the Shutter Release Button.
When the subject is in focus, the LCD monitor’s focus frame turns green.
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Press the shutter release button down fully.
The picture is taken.
In Picture mode, the EV compensation, saturation, contrast, sharpness, and white balance are automatically set to the optimum values for each mode. (You can change the settings.)
To avoid camera movement in Night-scene, Night-scene Portrait, or
Fireworks mode, you are recommended to fix the camera on a tripod.
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