Canon PowerShot SD850 IS PowerShot SD850 IS / DIGITAL IXUS 950 IS Camera User - Page 14

Shooting Modes, MANUAL, Digital Macro, Color Accent, Color, Stitch Assist, SPECIAL, SCENE, Portrait

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„ Shooting Modes Auto AUTO The camera automatically selects settings. Manual Allows you to select settings yourself, such as the exposure compensation, white balance, my colors or ISO speed. Digital Macro Allows you to shoot when the distance from the lens (at maximum wide angle) to the subject is within 2 - 50 cm (0.8 in. - 1.6 ft.). The subject can be shown larger than in standard macro mode because the camera trims the image edges and zooms in with the digital zoom. Î See the Advanced Guide (p. 35). Color Accent MANUAL Use this option to have only the color specified in the LCD monitor remain and to transform all others to black and white. Î See the Advanced Guide (p. 64). Color Swap Use this option to transform a color specified in the LCD monitor into another. Î See the Advanced Guide (p. 66). Stitch Assist Allows you to shoot overlapping images that can later be merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a computer. Î See the Advanced Guide (p. 47). Portrait Produces a soft effect when photographing people. Night Snapshot Allows you to take snapshots of people against twilight or night backgrounds by reducing the effects of camera shake even without using a tripod. Kids&Pets SPECIAL SCENE Allows you to capture subjects that move around, such as children and pets, without missing photo opportunities. Indoor Prevents camera shake and maintains the subject's true color when shooting under fluorescent or tungsten lighting. Creative Light Effect You can select specific shapes, such as or , to produce fantastical images of people set against a nightscape or illuminated by a light source 12

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Shooting Modes
AUTO
Auto
The camera automatically selects settings.
MANUAL
Manual
Allows you to select settings yourself, such as the exposure compensation, white
balance, my colors or ISO speed.
Digital Macro
Allows you to shoot when the distance from the lens (at
maximum wide angle) to the subject is within 2 – 50 cm (0.8
in. – 1.6 ft.). The subject can be shown larger than in
standard macro mode because the camera trims the image
edges and zooms in with the digital zoom.
Color Accent
Use this option to
have only the color
specified in the LCD
monitor remain and to
transform all others to
black and white.
Color
Swap
Use this option to
transform a color
specified in the
LCD monitor into
another.
Stitch Assist
Allows you to shoot overlapping images that can later be
merged (stitched) to create one panoramic image on a
computer.
SPECIAL
SCENE
Portrait
Produces a soft effect
when photographing
people.
Night
Snapshot
Allows you to take
snapshots of
people against
twilight or night backgrounds by
reducing the effects of camera shake
even without using a tripod.
Kids&Pets
Allows you to capture
subjects that move
around, such as
children and pets,
without missing photo
opportunities.
Indoor
Prevents camera
shake and
maintains the
subject's true color
when shooting
under fluorescent or tungsten lighting.
Creative Light Effect
You can select specific shapes, such as
or
, to
produce fantastical images of people set against a
nightscape or illuminated by a light source
See the
Advanced Guide
(p. 35).
See the
Advanced Guide
(p. 64).
See the
Advanced Guide
(p. 66).
See the
Advanced Guide
(p. 47).