Selecting A Shooting Mode - Nikon VQA091AA Reference Manual

Selecting a Shooting Mode

You can rotate the mode dial to align the desired
shooting mode with the indicator mark on the camera
body.
A (Auto) mode
Select this mode to perform general shooting in a
variety of shooting conditions.
y, B, j, e, o, d (Scene) modes
Select any one of scene modes based on the shooting conditions, and you can
take pictures with the appropriate settings for those conditions.
- y: Press the d button and select a scene mode.
- B (scene auto selector): The camera recognizes the shooting conditions when
you frame a picture, and you can take pictures in accordance with the conditions.
- j (night landscape): Use this mode to shoot night landscapes.
- e (night portrait): Use this mode to shoot evening and night portraits that
include background scenery.
- o (backlighting): Use this mode to shoot backlit subjects.
- d (sports): Use this mode to shoot sports photos.
s (Creative) mode
The camera saves four images with effects and one image without effects
simultaneously in one shot.
F (Smart portrait) mode
Use glamour retouch to enhance human faces during shooting, and use the smile
timer or self-collage function to take pictures.
M (Short movie show) mode
The camera creates a short movie that is up to 30 seconds long (e 1080/30p or
S 1080/25p) by recording and automatically combining multiple movie clips
that are several seconds long.
C
Help Display
The descriptions of functions are displayed while changing the shooting mode or while the
setting screen is displayed.
Press the shutter-release button halfway to quickly switch to shooting mode. You can show
or hide the descriptions using Help display in Monitor settings in the setup menu
(A97).
Shooting Features

Selecting a Shooting Mode

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