Sony Cyber-shot 3-295-460-12(1) - Manual (Page 68)

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Shooting menu For details on the operation 1 page 60
The camera automatically detects shooting conditions, such as backlight or an night scene,
and then takes the shot.
About scenes that are recognized
The following scenes can be recognized. The camera identifies the optimum scene and
displays each mark.
When the shutter is pressed halfway down while a mark is displayed, the mark color turns
green and scene recognition is confirmed.
Twilight
Twilight Portrait
Twilight using a tripod
Backlight
Backlight Portrait
• Scene recognition does not function in the following situations:
– During burst shooting
– When using digital zoom
• The flash is set to (Flash Auto) or (Flash forced off).
• When the Face Detection function is set to [Off] and [Scene Recognition] is set to [Auto] or [Advanced],
the [Face Detection] setting switches to [Auto].
• When the Face Detection function is [Off], (Twilight Portrait) and (Backlight Portrait) scenes
cannot be detected.
Scene Recognition: Determining the scene to be shot and taking the shot
(Off) Does not use the Scene Recognition.
(Auto) The camera detects conditions such as backlight or a night
scene and takes the shot using the optimal settings.
If the camera does not recognize the scene, it shoots the
image just as if scene recognition was set to [Off].
(Advanced) The camera shoots one image without using the scene
recognition function and another image using scene
recognition.
is displayed next to a scene recognition mark.
(A total of two shots)
If the camera does not recognize the scene, it only shoots one
image.
In this case, the image is shot just as if scene recognition was
set to [Off].
Current setting mark
Scene Recognition mark