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Digital Vari-Programs, Portrait: Bringing out a Portrait Subject

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Tutorial-Digital Vari-Programs Digital Vari-Programs Creative Photography In addition to , the D50 offers a choice of six Digital Vari-Program modes. Selecting a program automatically optimizes settings to suit the selected scene, making creative photography as easy as rotating the mode dial. Mode Description Portrait For portraits. Landscape For landscapes. Child For pictures of children. Sports For moving subjects. Close up For close up shots of small objects. Night portrait For portraits taken against a backdrop of night scenery. To take pictures in Digital Vari-Program modes: 1 Rotate the mode dial to select a Digital VariProgram mode. 2 Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot as described for mode. Portrait: Bringing out a Portrait Subject Use for portraits. Camera selects focus area containing subject closest to camera; this subject stands out clearly while background details are softened, lending composition sense of depth. Colors are processed for soft, natural-looking skin tones. • Degree of softening depends on amount of light available. Increase distance between subject and background or use telephoto lens for best results. The Built-in Flash If additional lighting is required for correct exposure in , , , and ,modes, the built-in flash will pop up automatically when the shutter-release is pressed halfway. See "Taking Photographs in Mode." 19

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Tutorial—Digital Vari-Programs
Digital Vari-Programs
Creative Photography
In addition to
, the D50 offers a choice of six Digital Vari-Program modes.
Selecting a program automatically optimizes settings to suit the selected
scene, making creative photography as easy as rotating the mode dial.
Mode
Description
Portrait
For portraits.
Landscape
For landscapes.
Child
For pictures of children.
Sports
For moving subjects.
Close up
For close up shots of small objects.
Night portrait
For portraits taken against a backdrop of night scenery.
To take pictures in Digital Vari-Program modes:
2
Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot as described for
mode.
1
Rotate the mode dial to select a Digital Vari-
Program mode.
Portrait: Bringing out a Portrait Subject
Use for
portraits.
Camera selects focus area
containing subject closest to camera; this subject
stands out clearly while background details are
softened, lending composition sense of depth.
Colors are processed for soft, natural-looking
skin tones.
• Degree of softening depends on amount of light available.
Increase
distance between subject and background or use telephoto lens for best
results.
The Built-in Flash
If additional lighting is required for correct exposure in
,
,
, and
,modes,
the built-in flash will pop up automatically when the shutter-release is pressed
halfway.
See “Taking Photographs in
Mode.”