Macro; Night Portrait; Portrait; Landscape - Minolta DiMAGE E223 Instruction Manual

During the countdown, the self-timer lamp on the front of the
camera (3) will start to blink and is accompanied by an audio
signal if on. A few seconds before the exposure, the self-
timer lamp will blink rapidly. Changing the position of the
mode dial or pressing the shutter-release button will stop the
countdown.

Macro

Used for close-up photography between 8 - 60 cm (3.2 - 24 in.) at the wide-
angle zoom position and 40 - 60 cm (16 - 24 in.) at the telephoto zoom position,
from the camera lens. Because of parallax, the LCD monitor or close-framing
guide should be used to compose the picture. Use of flash is not recommended.

Night portrait

The flash and ambient exposures are balanced to reveal the subject and back-
ground in low light. Ask your subject not to move after the flash burst; the shutter
may still be open for the background exposure. The flash mode is set to fill-flash
automatically; to take pictures of landscapes at night, set the flash mode to flash
cancel (p. 26). The use of a tripod is recommended.

Portrait

For pictures of people. Most portraits look best at a telephoto setting; longer
focal lengths do not exaggerate facial features and the shallower depth of field
softens the background. The flash mode is set to autoflash automatically, but
can be changed.

Landscape

For pictures of scenery. The flash mode is set to flash cancel and white balance
is set to daylight automatically, but can be changed.
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