User manual
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
- Read this first
- Notes on using your camera
- Table of Contents
- Preparing the camera
- Before your operation
- Shooting images
- Using the shooting function
- Selecting the focus method
- Zooming in in one step
- Using the flash
- Adjusting the brightness of the image (Exposure, Flash compensation, Metering)
- Shooting with fixed brightness (AE Lock)
- Using brightness compensation for the entire image (Exposure compensation)
- Adjusting the amount of flash light (Flash compensation)
- Selecting the flash control mode to set the amount of flash light (Flash control)
- Selecting the method for measuring the brightness of a subject (Metering mode)
- Setting ISO
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Image processing
- @/@ Selecting the drive mode
- Using the viewing function
- Changing your setup
- Viewing images on a computer
- Printing images
- Others
- Index
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Shooting with a suitable setting for the
subject (Scene Selection)
Selecting an appropriate mode for the subject or the shooting conditions
allows you to shoot the image with a more suitable setting for the subject
than in “AUTO” mode.
Set the mode dial to (Portrait).
• To blur the background more, set the lens to the telephoto position.
• You can shoot a vivid image by focusing on the eye that is closer to the
lens.
• Use the lens hood to shoot backlit subjects.
• Use the red-eye reduction function if the eyes of your subject turn red
from the flash (page 80).
Taking portrait photos
This mode is suitable to
z Blur away backgrounds and sharpen
the subject.
z Reproduce skin tones softly.
Shooting techniques