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Shooting with the various shooting modes

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Shooting with the various shooting modes Set the mode dial to the desired mode. The following shooting modes are provided with the camera: (Intelligent The "Intelligent Auto" mode allows you to easily shoot any Auto)/ (Flash Off) subject under any conditions because the camera makes appropriate judgments on the situation to adjust the settings. Select "Flash Off" when you want to shoot without the flash. (Superior Auto) The camera recognizes and evaluates the shooting condition, and appropriate settings are set automatically. The camera saves 1 appropriate image by combining or separating images, as necessary. (Scene Selection) Selecting an appropriate mode for the subject or the shooting conditions allows you to shoot the image with a suitable setting for the subject. (Sweep Panorama) Allows you to shoot panoramic images. (3D Sweep Panorama) Allows you to shoot 3D panoramic images for playback on a 3D compatible TV. (Cont. Priority AE Mode) The camera continues to shoot while the shutter button is pressed fully down. The camera records the images continuously at a maximum of about 12 or 10 images per second. (Movie) Allows you to shoot movies with the exposure adjusted manually (both the shutter speed and the aperture value). (Program Auto) Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the aperture value). The other settings can be adjusted manually. (Aperture Priority) Allows you to shoot after adjusting the aperture value manually using the control dial. (Shutter Priority) Allows you to shoot after adjusting the shutter speed manually using the control dial. 36

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Shooting with the various shooting
modes
The following shooting modes are provided with the camera:
Set the mode dial to the desired
mode.
(Intelligent
Auto)/
(Flash Off)
The “Intelligent Auto” mode allows you to easily shoot any
subject under any conditions because the camera makes
appropriate judgments on the situation to adjust the settings.
Select “Flash Off” when you want to shoot without the flash.
(Superior
Auto)
The camera recognizes and evaluates the shooting condition,
and appropriate settings are set automatically. The camera
saves 1 appropriate image by combining or separating
images, as necessary.
(Scene
Selection)
Selecting an appropriate mode for the subject or the shooting
conditions allows you to shoot the image with a suitable
setting for the subject.
(Sweep
Panorama)
Allows you to shoot panoramic images.
(3D Sweep
Panorama)
Allows you to shoot 3D panoramic images for playback on a
3D compatible TV.
(Cont. Priority
AE Mode)
The camera continues to shoot while the shutter button is
pressed fully down. The camera records the images
continuously at a maximum of about 12 or 10 images per
second.
(Movie)
Allows you to shoot movies with the exposure adjusted
manually (both the shutter speed and the aperture value).
(Program Auto)
Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically
(both the shutter speed and the aperture value). The other
settings can be adjusted manually.
(Aperture
Priority)
Allows you to shoot after adjusting the aperture value
manually using the control dial.
(Shutter Priority)
Allows you to shoot after adjusting the shutter speed
manually using the control dial.