Shooting With The Various Shooting Modes - Sony SLT-A57 Instruction Manual

Shooting with the various shooting
modes
Set the mode dial to the desired
mode.
The following shooting modes are provided with the camera:
(Intelligent
Auto)/ (Flash Off)
(Superior
Auto)
(Scene
Selection)
(Sweep
Panorama)
(3D Sweep
Panorama)
(Cont. Priority
AE Mode)
(Movie)
(Program Auto)
(Aperture
Priority)
(Shutter Priority) Allows you to shoot after adjusting the shutter speed
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The "Intelligent Auto" mode allows you to easily shoot any
subject under any conditions because the camera makes
appropriate judgments on the situation to adjust the settings.
Select "Flash Off" when you want to shoot without the flash.
The camera recognizes and evaluates the shooting condition,
and appropriate settings are set automatically. The camera
saves 1 appropriate image by combining or separating
images, as necessary.
Selecting an appropriate mode for the subject or the shooting
conditions allows you to shoot the image with a suitable
setting for the subject.
Allows you to shoot panoramic images.
Allows you to shoot 3D panoramic images for playback on a
3D compatible TV.
The camera continues to shoot while the shutter button is
pressed fully down. The camera records the images
continuously at a maximum of about 12 or 10 images per
second.
Allows you to shoot movies with the exposure adjusted
manually (both the shutter speed and the aperture value).
Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically
(both the shutter speed and the aperture value). The other
settings can be adjusted manually.
Allows you to shoot after adjusting the aperture value
manually using the control dial.
manually using the control dial.