Canon PowerShot A85 Quick Start Manual page 47

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Turn the mode dial
and set the icon of
the function you
wish to use to ~ .
• Shooting procedures are
the same as for the
filliID
mode (p. 33).
•
~
• See page 152 for settings that can be
LiJ
changed in this mode.
• Tips for each function:
~
Portrait Mode
• To best achieve the effect of the
background gradually fading, compose
the image so that the upper half of the
sUbject's body fills most of the viewfinder
or LCD monitor.
Shooting
~
The Basics )
• The background gets increasingly
indistinct the more you adjust the focal
length toward telephoto.
:. Landscape Mode
• The [iJ icon (camera shake warning)
may appear on the LCD monitor since
slower shutter speeds are frequently
used in this mode. If this happens, affix
the camera to a tripod.
~
Night Scene Mode
• The shutter speed slows down. Even if
you use the flash, tell your subjects not to
move for a few moments.
• Using the
~
mode in daylight will
produce an effect similar to that of the
C!IID
mode.
•
~
Fast
Shut~er
• Noise in the recorded image may
increase if you shoot dark subjects.
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