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Photo light, Capturing method, Focus mode, Video size

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The Scenes feature is off and photos can be taken manually. Portrait Use for portrait videos. Settings are optimized to give slightly softer skin tones. Landscape Use for videos of landscapes. The camera focuses on distant objects. When Landscape is selected, focus mode is changed to Infinity Night When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Turn off night mode when lighting conditions are good, to improve the video quality Beach and snow Use in bright environments to avoid underexposed videos Sports Use for videos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimizes motion blurring. Party Use for indoor videos in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up indoor background lighting or candlelight. Videos of fast moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Photo light Use the light to take photos when lighting conditions are poor or when there is a backlight On Off Sometimes the video quality can be better without a light, even if lighting conditions are poor. Capturing method Select the method you use to take photos. On-screen button Record a video by using the on-screen button on the camera screen.. Touch capture Identify a particular focus area by touching the camera screen with your finger. Camera key only Record a video by using only the hardware camera key.. Focus mode The focus setting controls which part of a video should be sharp. When continuous autofocus is on, the camera keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp. Single autofocus The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject. Continuous autofocus is on. Face detection The camera automatically detects up to five human faces, indicated by frames on the screen. The camera automatically focuses on the nearest face. You can also select which face to focus on by tapping it on the screen. When you tap the camera screen, a green frame shows which face is selected and in focus. Face detection cannot be used for all scene types. Continuous autofocus is on. Infinity Use when recording videos from a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the camera may be blurred. Video size Adjust the video size for different formats. Full HD Full HD (Full High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1920×1080 pixels. HD 720p HD (High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1280×720 pixels. VGA 109 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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The Scenes feature is off and photos can be taken manually.
Portrait
Use for portrait videos. Settings are optimized to give slightly softer skin tones.
Landscape
Use for videos of landscapes. The camera focuses on distant objects. When
Landscape
is selected,
focus mode is changed to
Infinity
Night
When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast moving
objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Turn off night mode when lighting
conditions are good, to improve the video quality
Beach and snow
Use in bright environments to avoid underexposed videos
Sports
Use for videos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimizes motion blurring.
Party
Use for indoor videos in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up indoor background lighting or
candlelight. Videos of fast moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support.
Photo light
Use the light to take photos when lighting conditions are poor or when there is a backlight
On
Off
Sometimes the video quality can be better without a light, even if lighting conditions are poor.
Capturing method
Select the method you use to take photos.
On-screen button
Record a video by using the on-screen button on the camera screen..
Touch capture
Identify a particular focus area by touching the camera screen with your finger.
Camera key only
Record a video by using only the hardware camera key..
Focus mode
The focus setting controls which part of a video should be sharp. When continuous autofocus is on, the
camera keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp.
Single autofocus
The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject. Continuous autofocus is on.
Face detection
The camera automatically detects up to five human faces, indicated by frames on the screen. The
camera automatically focuses on the nearest face. You can also select which face to focus on by
tapping it on the screen. When you tap the camera screen, a green frame shows which face is selected
and in focus. Face detection cannot be used for all scene types. Continuous autofocus is on.
Infinity
Use when recording videos from a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the
camera may be blurred.
Video size
Adjust the video size for different formats.
Full HD
Full HD (Full High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1920×1080 pixels.
HD 720p
HD (High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1280×720 pixels.
VGA
109
This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.