Canon PowerShot A85 Quick Start Manual page 46

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Shooting - The Basics
Using the Mode Dial (Image Zone)
Settings fitting the shooting conditions of your subject can easily be set using the mode dial.
" Portrait
-'" Movie
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Stitch Assist
SeN Special Scene
Use this mode to shoot
movie clips. Shooting and
sound recording starts
simultaneously (p. 55).
Use this mode when you
Select from 6 scene
want the subject to
modes to shoot with the
appear sharp and the
most appropriate settings
background to blur.
for the scene (p. 51).
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Night Scene
eft
tA
Landscape
~
Fast Shutter
E"
Slow Shutter
Use this mode to shoot
spacious landscape
scenes.
Use this mode to capture human
subjects against the backdrop of
an evening sky. or night scene.
The subject is illuminated with
light from the flash while the
backdrop is captured at a slow
shutter speed.
Use this mode to shoot
fast moving objects.
Use this mode to shoot
moving objects to make
them appear blurred,
such as river rapids.
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