Nikon S8200 - Manual (Page 41)

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Step 2 Select a Shooting Mode
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Available Shooting Modes
A (Auto) mode (A 36)
Used for general
shooting. Settings can be
adjusted in the shooting
menu (
A 37) to suit the
shooting conditions and
the type of shot you want
to capture.
Scene mode (A 39)
Camera settings are optimized according to the scene that you select.
x (Scene auto selector) : The camera automatically selects the optimum scene
mode when you frame a picture, making it even easier to
take pictures using settings that suit the scene.
y : Select the desired scene from 15 different scene types,
and the camera’s settings are automatically optimized for
the selected scene.
• To select a scene, first rotate the mode dial to
y
and press the d button. Select the desired scene by
pressing H or I, and then press the k button.
j (Night landscape)
: Captures the atmosphere of night landscapes.
W (Backlighting) : The flash fires when there is backlight to prevent the
subject from being hidden in shadow, or use the HDR
function to shoot when there are very bright areas and
very dark areas in the same frame.
O (Pet portrait) : Use this mode when taking pictures of dogs or cats. When
the camera detects the face of a dog or cat, the camera
focuses on that face.
C Continuous shooting
mode (A 50)
Change settings to
Continuous or BSS (best
shot selector).
u Special effects mode (A 53)
Effects can be applied to images during shooting.
Six different effects are available.
C
Features That Are Available in Shooting Mode
• The multi selector H (X), I (p), J (n), and K (o) can be used to set the corresponding
features.
See “Features That Can Be Set Using the Multi Selector” ( A 55) for more information.
• Press the d button to display the menu for the selected shooting mode. See “Shooting
Features” ( A 35) for information about the settings available in the menu for the current
shooting mode.