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Scene Recognition

The camera automatically detects shooting conditions, and then takes the shot. When a motion is detected, the ISO sensitivity is increased according to the movement to reduce subject blur. When the camera is set to Intelligent Auto mode, you can select [Advanced] mode, in which the camera automatically shoots two images.

In Scene Recognition, the position of an icon displayed on the screen is different depending on whether the camera recognizes a scene or condition. If the camera recognizes a scene, icons and guides such as

(Portrait),

(Infant),

(Night Portrait),

(Night Scene),

(Backlight Portrait),

(Backlight),

(Landscape),

(Macro),

(Close Focus),

(Spotlight) or

(Low Light) are displayed on the first line. If the camera recognizes a condition, icons such as

(Tripod) or

(Move) are displayed on the second line. The camera may recognize both the scene and condition, or just one.

(REC Mode) (Intelligent Auto)

MENU (Scene Recognition) desired mode

(Auto)

When the camera recognizes the scene, it switches to the optimal settings and shoots the image.

(Advanced)

When the camera recognizes the scene, it switches to the optimal settings. When the camera recognizes

(Night Scene),

(Night Portrait),

(Backlight) or

(Backlight Portrait), it automatically changes the setting and shoots another image.

When you shoot 2 images consecutively, the + mark on the icon will turn green.

When two frames are shot, the two images are displayed side by side immediately after shooting.

When [Anti Blink] is displayed, 2 images are taken automatically and the image with the eyes open is selected automatically. [Details]

Notes

The Scene Recognition function does not operate when you shoot images using zoom functions other than the optical zoom.

(Portrait), (Night Portrait) or (Backlight Portrait) are not recognized in tracking focus mode.

The available flash settings are [Auto] and [Off].

These scenes may not be recognized depending on the situation.

If the environment causes vibrations to be transferred to the camera when (Tripod) and (Night Scene) conditions are recognized at the same time, (Tripod) condition may not be recognized.

Sometimes a slow shutter results when a scene is recognized as a (Tripod) and (Night Scene) at the same time. Keep the camera still during shooting.

You may not be able to set some MENU items depending on the selected REC mode. For details, see “MENU items not available in some REC modes.” [Details]

Advanced mode

In [Advanced] mode, the camera shoots two images consecutively with the settings differing as follows when it recognizes

(Night Scene),

(Night Portrait),

(Backlight) or

(Backlight Portrait) scenes, which tend to blur. You can select the desired image from the two images shot.

	First Image*	Second Image
	Shoots in Slow Synchro	Shoots with sensitivity increased and shake reduced
	Shoots in Slow Synchro with the face which the flash strobes on as guide	Shoots with sensitivity increased with the face as guide and shake reduced
	Shoots in Slow Synchro	Shoots with even slower shutter speed without increasing sensitivity
	Shoots with the flash	Shoots with the brightness and contrast of the background adjusted
	Shoots with the face which the flash strobes on as guide	Shoots with the brightness and contrast of the face and the background adjusted

* When [Flash] is set to [Auto].

What is the Anti Blink function?

When set to [Advanced], the camera automatically shoots two images consecutively* when it recognizes

(Portrait) or

(Infant). The camera will select, display, and record the image which the eyes are not blinked automatically. If the eyes are closed in both images, the message “Blinked eye detected” is displayed.

* except when the flash strobes/when the shutter speed is slow.