Intelligent Auto; The Advantages Of Automatic Shooting - Sony alpha ILCE-3000 Handbook

Using functions with the mode dial

Intelligent Auto

The camera analyzes the subject, and allows you to shoot with appropriate settings.
1 Set the shooting mode to
Auto).
2 Point the camera to the subject.
When the camera recognizes the scene, the icon for
recognized scene appears on the screen.
The camera recognizes
Night Scene), (Night Portrait),
(Backlight Portrait),
(Macro), (Spotlight),
(Baby).
3 Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
Notes
• [Flash Mode] is set to [Flash Off], [Autoflash] or [Fill-flash].
• You can shoot even if the camera has not recognized the scene.
• When [Face Detection] is set to [Off], the [Portrait], [Backlight Portrait], [Night Portrait], and [Baby]
scenes are not recognized.

The advantages of automatic shooting

In [Superior Auto] mode, the camera shoots with higher quality than [Intelligent Auto]
mode. The camera performs composite shooting as necessary. Also, the camera
automatically selects an optimal image from the burst images and records it, depending
on the scene.
In [Program Auto] mode, you can shoot after adjusting various functions, such as white
balance, ISO, etc.
Shooting mode
(Intelligent Auto)
(Superior Auto)
(page 53)
(Program Auto)
(page 63)
Notes
• In [Superior Auto] mode, the recording process takes longer, since the camera makes a composite image.
The camera records one composite image.
(Intelligent
(Night Scene), (Tripod
(Backlight),
(Portrait), (Landscape),
(Low Brightness), or
Your purpose
• Select this mode to easily recognize the scene and shoot
continuous images.
• Select this mode to automatically shoot scenes under difficult
circumstances, such as when it is dark or the subject is back-lit.
• Select this mode to shoot a higher quality image than that
offered by [Intelligent Auto].
• Select this mode to shoot with various functions other than the
exposure (shutter speed and aperture) adjusted.
Icon for recognized scene
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