Intelligent Auto; The Advantages Of Automatic Shooting - Sony NEX-F3 Instruction Manual

Intelligent Auto

The camera analyzes the subject, and allows you to shoot with appropriate settings.
1 MENU t [Shoot Mode] t [Intelligent
Auto].
2 Point the camera to the subject.
When the camera recognizes the scene, the Scene
Recognition icon and guide appear 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 [Autoflash] or [Flash Off].
• 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 and perform composite shooting as necessary.
In Program Auto mode, the camera shoots with various functions, such as white balance,
ISO, etc., adjusted.
Shooting mode
(Intelligent Auto)
(Superior Auto)
(page 52)
(Program Auto) (page
64)
Note
• In Superior Auto mode, the recording process takes longer, since the camera must make a composite
image.
Photo Creativity
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Pressing the center of the control wheel in [Intelligent Auto] or [Superior Auto] mode
accesses the Photo Creativity menu. Using it, you can change the settings with easy
operations and achieve creative photography (page 32).
(Night Scene), (Tripod
(Backlight),
(Portrait), (Landscape),
(Low Brightness), or
Your purpose
• To easily recognize the scene and shoot continuous images.
• To shoot scenes under difficult circumstances, such as when you
have dark scenes, or back-lit subjects.
• To shoot a higher quality image than that offered by Intelligent
Auto.
• To shoot with various functions other than the exposure (shutter
speed and aperture) adjusted.
Scene Recognition icon and guide
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