Chapter 5. Useful Shooting Functions; Using The Shooting Mode Dial (Image Zone); Portrait; Landscape - Canon PowerShot S60 User Manual

5. Useful Shooting Functions
Settings fitting the shooting conditions of your subject can easily be set using the mode dial.

Landscape

Use this mode to shoot
landscape scenes.

Night Scene

Use this mode to capture
human subjects against
the backdrop of an evening
sky or night scene. The
subjects are illuminated
with light from the flash
while the backdrop is
captured at a slow shutter
speed so that both appear
correctly exposed.
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Using the Shooting Mode Dial (Image Zone)

Portrait

Use this mode when
you want the subject to
appear sharp and the
background to blur.

Fast Shutter

Use this mode to
shoot fast moving
objects.
Movie (p. 58)
Use this mode to shoot
movies. Sound is also
recorded simultaneously.

Slow Shutter

Use this mode to shoot
moving objects to make
them appear blurred,
such as river rapids.
Stitch Assist (p. 50)
Use this mode when
taking shots that you want
to combine into a
panorama.