Taking Pictures; Letting The Camera Choose The Optimal Shooting Mode (Auto Picture Mode) - Pentax Optio M20 Operating Manual

Taking Pictures

Taking Pictures

Letting the Camera Choose the Optimal Shooting
Mode (Auto Picture Mode)
In b (Auto Picture mode), when you press the shutter release button, the
camera selects the most appropriate mode from four capture modes: - (Normal
mode), A (Night Scene mode), q (Landscape mode), and I (Portrait mode).
1
Press the four-way controller (3) in A mode.
The Mode Palette appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (2345) to select b
(Auto Picture).
3
Press the 4 button.
The shooting mode is selected and the camera returns to capture status.
4
Press the shutter release button
halfway.
The focus frame on the LCD monitor will
light green when the camera is in focus, and
the selected mode icon will appear on the
top left of the LCD monitor.
5
Press the shutter release button fully.
• In b mode, the exposure is fixed to ±0.0. (p.76)
• In b mode, [Focusing Area] is set to Multiple. (p.89)
• The continuous shooting function is not available in b mode.
• The shooting mode is set to b mode in the default settings.
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