Selecting A Shooting Mode; Auto; Manual; Digital Macro - Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital Elph User Manual

Selecting a Shooting Mode

You can take an optimal picture simply by selecting the appropriate
shooting mode.

Auto

Manual

Digital
Macro

Portrait

Night
Snapshot
Kids&Pets Allows you to capture subjects that move around, such as

Indoor

Underwater

My Colors

68
Shooting Mode
Leaves almost all of the settings choices up to the camera (p. 61).
Lets you adjust the exposure, white balance, photo effect and
other settings yourself.
You can approach as close as 3 cm (1.2 in.) (minimum
focusing distance) to a subject to shoot (p. 73). Since this
mode trims all but the image center and magnifies it with the
digital zoom, you can make a subject appear even larger than in
the normal macro mode.
Produces a soft effect when photographing people.
Use this to take snapshots of people against twilight or night
backgrounds to reduce the effects of camera shake even
without using a tripod.
children and pets, without missing photo opportunities.
Prevents camera shake and maintains the subject's true color
when shooting under florescent or tungsten lightning.
The exposure is regulated so as to avoid the use of flash as
much as possible.
Appropriate for shooting images with the All Weather Case AW-
DC30 (sold separately). This mode uses an optimal white
balance setting to reduce bluish tones and record images with
natural hues. It controls the settings so that it limits the firing of
the flash to the greatest possible extent.
Use these modes to change image colors and then shoot (p.
102).