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Intelligent Auto

On Photo Creativity
On Scene Recognition
Features of Auto shooting modes
Allows you to shoot still images with the setting adjusted automatically.

  1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

  1. (REC Mode) (Intelligent Auto)

  1. Shoot with the shutter button.

On Photo Creativity

Photo Creativity is a mode that you can operate the camera intuitively using unusual screen display. When shooting mode is set to (Intelligent Auto) or (Superior Auto), you can change the settings easily and shoot images.

  1. Touch (REC Mode) (Intelligent Auto).

  1. Touch (Photo Creativity).

  1. Touch the desired item on the screen.


(Brightness)
Adjusts brightness.
(Color)
Adjusts color.
(Vividness)
Adjusts vividness.
(Picture Effect)
Shoots a still image with an original texture according to the desired effect.
[AUTO]/[OFF]
The settings for [Photo Creativity] revert to the default settings.

  • When you change settings for (Brightness), (Color) and (Vividness), [AUTO] is displayed on the screen and when you change settings for (Picture Effect), [OFF] is displayed.

  1. Touch the scale or an item on the screen to change the settings.

  • You can combine some settings by repeating step 3 and 4.

  1. When shooting still images: Shoot with the shutter button.
    When recording movies: Touch (Movie button) to start recording.

Notes

  • When you record movies in [Photo Creativity] mode, you cannot change the settings during recording.

  • If you switch the camera mode to [Intelligent Auto] mode or turn off the camera, the settings you changed are reverted to the default settings.

  • If [Photo Creativity] is set when shooting images in [Superior Auto], images cannot be overlaid.

On Scene Recognition

Scene Recognition operates in Intelligent Auto mode. This function lets the camera automatically recognize the shooting conditions and shoot the image.

Features of Auto shooting modes

In Superior Auto mode, the camera shoots a higher-quality image than in Intelligent Auto mode. The camera also shoots multiple images based on the recognized scene, then creates a composite of the multiple images (Overlay shooting).
Program Auto mode allows you to change various shooting settings, such as the white balance or ISO settings.

REC Mode
When to use
Major restricted functions
(Intelligent Auto)

  • Use when you want the camera to automatically recognize the shooting conditions and shoot some images continuously.
Forced flash
(Superior Auto)

  • Use when you shoot images under difficult conditions, such as low light or backlit scenes.

  • Use when you want to shoot a higher-quality image than in (Intelligent Auto) mode.
Continuous shooting, Smile Shutter
(Program Auto)

  • Use when you want to shoot using customized shooting settings with the exposure (both the shutter speed and the aperture value) adjusted automatically.
Scene Recognition

Notes

  • In [Intelligent Auto] mode, you may be unable to shoot low light or backlit scenes clearly.

  • In [Superior Auto] mode, it takes some time to record an image, because the camera overlays the images.

Related Topic
Scene Recognition
Functions not available in some REC modes
MENU items not available in some REC modes

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