Sony DSC-W170/N Cyber-shot® Handbook - Page 51

Shooting menu For details on the operation 1 page 43 Scene Recognition: Determining the scene to be shot and taking the shot The camera automatically detects shooting conditions, such as backlight or an night scene, and then takes the shot. (Off) Does not use the Scene Recognition. (Auto) The camera detects conditions such as backlight or a night scene and takes the shot using the optimal settings. If the camera does not recognize the scene, it shoots the image just as if scene recognition was set to [Off]. Current setting mark Scene Recognition mark Using the shooting functions (Advanced) The camera shoots one image without using the scene recognition function and another image using scene recognition. is displayed next to a scene recognition mark. (A total of two shots) If the camera does not recognize the scene, it only shoots one image. In this case, the image is shot just as if scene recognition was set to [Off]. About Scenes that Are Recognized The following scenes can be recognized. The camera identifies the optimum scene and displays each mark. When the shutter is pressed halfway down while a mark is displayed, the mark color turns green and scene recognition is confirmed. Twilight Twilight Portrait Twilight using a tripod Backlight Backlight Portrait • Scene recognition does not function in the following situations: - During burst shooting - When using digital zoom • The flash is set to (Flash Auto) or (Flash forced off). • When the Face Detection function is set to [Off], and [Scene Recognition] is set to [Auto] or [Advanced], [Face Detection] is changed to [Auto]. 51