Sony DSC-W220/B - Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera Handbook page 45

Shooting menu
Scene Recognition: Determining the scene to be shot and taking the shot
The camera automatically detects shooting conditions, such as backlight or a night scene, and
then takes the shot.
(Off)
(Auto)
(Advanced)
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 (DSC-W220/W230 only)
Backlight
Backlight Portrait
• Scene recognition does not function in the following situations:
– During burst shooting
– When using Digital Zoom
• Although [Scene Recognition] is fixed to [Auto] when
current setting mark and scene recognition mark are not displayed.
• The flash is set to
• When the Face Detection function is set to [Off], and [Scene Recognition] is set to [Auto] or [Advanced],
[Face Detection] is changed to [Auto].
Does not use the Scene Recognition.
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].
The camera shoots one image without using the scene
recognition function and another image using scene
recognition.
(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].
(Flash Auto) or (Flash forced off).
For details on the operation 1 page 38
Current setting mark
Scene Recognition mark
is displayed next to a scene recognition mark.
(Easy Shooting) mode is selected, the
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