Using Mode dial

You can switch the shooting mode according to the subject or purpose of shooting.

1. Setting shooting modes using the mode dial

   Turn the mode dial to select the desired shooting mode.

   

2. Available functions

   Shooting with automatic scene recognition

   Various settings are determined automatically, such as exposure (shutter speed and aperture).

   • (Auto Mode):
     Allows you to shoot still images of any subject under any condition with good results by setting the values determined appropriate by the camera.

   • SCN (Scene Selection):
     Allows you to shoot with preset settings according to the scene.

   Shooting with preferred settings

   You can set various functions using MENU.

   • P (Program Auto):
     Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the aperture value (F value)). Also you can select various settings using the menu.
   • A (Aperture Priority):
     Allows you to adjust the aperture and shoot when you want to blur the background, etc.
   • S (Shutter Priority):
     Allows you to shoot fast-moving subjects etc., by manually adjusting the shutter speed.
   • M (Manual Exposure):
     Allows you to shoot still images with the desired exposure by adjusting the exposure (both the shutter speed and the aperture value (F value)).
   • MR (Memory recall):
     Allows you to shoot an image after recalling often-used modes or numeric settings registered in advance.

   Shooting with other shooting modes

   • (Movie):
     Allows you to change the exposure mode for movie recording.

   • (S&Q Motion):：
     Allows you to shoot slow-motion and quick-motion movies.

   • (Sweep Panorama):
     Allows you to shoot a panoramic image by compositing the images.