Shooting modes
Shooting modes help you to find the right color and
lighting settings for the current environment. Select a
mode for taking pictures or recording video clips from a
modes list. The settings of each mode have been set
according to a certain style or environment in which the
pictures are taken. Select
Options
>
Image setup
/
Video
setup
>
Shooting mode
:
Video modes
Normal
(
)(default)—Use this mode in all conditions.
Camera and Gallery
35
Night
(
)—Use this mode in low light conditions.
Image modes
Automatic
(
) (default)—Use this mode in all conditions.
User defined
(
)—Use this mode to create a personalized
scene with your own flash, white balance, and color tone
settings.
Portrait
(
)—Use this mode to take portrait pictures,
such as head shots and sitting poses.
Landscape
(
)—Use this mode when you take pictures of
objects that are further away.
Night
(
)—Use this mode in low light conditions.
Sport
(
)—Use this mode to take pictures of fast moving
objects. When you use this mode, the resolution of the
images is reduced from 1600x1200 to 800x600. See
Image
quality
, p. 33.
When taking pictures, the default mode is
Automatic
. If
you select the
User defined
mode, however, it is set as the
default mode.
To make your own mode suitable for a certain
environment, select
User defined
mode. In the user mode
you can adjust
Based on mode
,
Flash
,
White balance
,
Colour tone
, and
Reset user mode
options. To copy the
settings of another mode, select
Based on mode
and the
desired mode.