January 2009
Beginner
304 pages
7h 52m
English
All pocket cameras, and all but the most expensive SLRs, have scene modes. These are canned settings for common photographic situations like Sports, Portraits, Landscapes, Macro (super-closeup), and so on. Usually, tiny icons for the scene modes appear right on the main Mode dial; see Auto or Scene Mode? for details. (Sometimes, the Mode dial has only one setting called Scene; you're then supposed to choose which mode you want by choosing on the screen.)
Cameras are getting smarter lately; some compact models now have Auto-Scene or Intelligent Scenes. That is, they can switch modes automatically by studying the scene. (A little icon identifies its selection.) A very nice feature.
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