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Using the Mode Dial Image Zone

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The Basics Shooting - The Basics Using the Mode Dial (Image Zone) Settings fitting the shooting conditions of your subject can easily be set using the shooting mode dial. Portrait Movie Use this mode to shoot movies. Sound is also recorded simultaneously (p. 56). Stitch Assist Special Scene Use this mode when you want the subject to appear sharp and the background to blur. Use this mode when taking shots that you want to combine into a panorama (p. 49). Select from 8 scene modes to shoot with the most appropriate settings for the scene (p. 51). Landscape Night Scene Fast Shutter Slow Shutter Use this mode to shoot spacious landscape scenes. Use this mode to capture human subjects against the backdrop of an evening sky or night scene. The flash is directed at the person and the shutter speed is slow, so both the person and the background can be beautifully shot. Use this mode to shoot fast moving objects. Use this mode to shoot moving objects to make them appear blurred, such as river rapids. 39

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Shooting – The Basics
The Basics
Using the Mode Dial (Image Zone)
Settings fitting the shooting conditions of your subject can easily be set using the shooting mode dial.
Fast Shutter
Use this mode to shoot
fast moving objects.
Landscape
Use this mode to shoot
spacious landscape
scenes.
Night Scene
Use this mode to capture human
subjects against the backdrop of an
evening sky or night scene. The
flash is directed at the person and
the shutter speed is slow, so both
the person and the background can
be beautifully shot.
Slow Shutter
Use this mode to shoot
moving objects to make
them appear blurred,
such as river rapids.
Portrait
Use this mode when you
want the subject to
appear sharp and the
background to blur.
Stitch Assist
Use this mode when taking
shots that you want to
combine into a panorama
(p. 49).
Special Scene
Select from 8 scene
modes to shoot with the
most appropriate settings
for the scene (p. 51).
Movie
Use this mode to shoot
movies. Sound is also
recorded simultaneously
(p. 56).