Sony DSC-S650 - Manual (Page 21)

Slow shutter reproduces the mellow
atmosphere of a night scene beautifully.
Extends the shutter speed up to two
seconds, compared to 1/30 second for
Auto mode.
Uses flash only on people in the
foreground, while using a long shutter
speed to reproduce the background
beautifully.
Applies maximum aperture to bring
the person into focus while allowing
the background to fall out of focus.
Reproduces beautiful skin tones;
makes the entire image softer.
Uses a fast shutter speed for bright
light and adjusts white balance to
capture snow as clear white.
Reproduces the atmosphere of the
entire landscape. Captures saturated
blues and greens.
Captures saturated blue to emphasize
the water.
Reproduces the atmosphere of a
candle-lit scene without flash.
Sets a slow shutter speed and high
color saturation to emphasize the
bright colors of fireworks.
Displays a magnified image on the LCD
in macro focus shooting. Suppresses
flash to avoid saturated whites.
Uses a fast shutter speed to produce a
clear picture of fast-moving subjects.
Great for sports.
Twilight
Twilight
Portrait
Soft Snap,
Portrait
Snow
Landscape
Beach
Candle
Fireworks
Magnifying
Glass
Fast Shutter
MODE ICON DESCRIPTION SAMPLE PHOTO
SCENE MODES
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Sample photos for illustration purposes.
track up to eight faces at a time. Then the
camera automatically adjusts for optimum
focus, exposure, flash and even white
balance on the faces themselves. The
result is far more “good” pictures, far fewer
rejects and re-takes.
For the complete story on Face Detection
and the BIONZ processor, please turn to
page 26.
Full range of exposure modes
For everybody from the absolute beginner
to the expert user.
Because exposure is so important for picture
quality and creativity, Sony cameras give
you a wide array of ways to control it,
ranging all the way from fully automatic
for the beginning photographer to full
manual for the expert shooter.
Scene modes
Easily identified by icons, these modes
optimize the camera’s auto exposure
system, achieving ideal results for many
popular shooting situations.
Program Auto Exposure
Semi-automatic exposure for the
intermediate photographer, Program AE
gives you manual adjustment of ISO
sensitivity, White Balance and Exposure
Compensation.
Exposure Compensation
Lets you adjust the Program Auto Exposure
when backlighting or unusually bright
subjects might throw the exposure off.
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CAMERA CONTROL CAMERA CONTROL
Taking your best shot
Fast shutter speed freezes the runner and the background.
(Sample photos for illustration purposes.)
You can also introduce an evocative blur to the subject
with slow shutter speed.
Slow shutter speed enables you to blur the background
as you “pan” the camera.
Shutter Priority Auto Exposure
An advanced mode for greater creative
control.
Shutter Priority enables you to select the
shutter speed manually, while the camera
automatically selects the appropriate aperture.
This lets you use a fast shutter speed to
freeze sports action – or a slow shutter
speed to introduce an intentional blur on
moving objects. If you “pan” along with a
moving ice skater, a slow shutter speed
will blur the background. And if you shoot
a waterfall with slow shutter speed, the water
will take on a beautiful, lace-like effect.
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USER
Beginner
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Expert
MODE
Auto
Scene Modes
Program Auto
Shutter Priority
Aperture Priority
Manual Exposure
SHUTTER
Auto
Auto
Auto
Adjustable
Auto
Adjustable
APERTURE
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Adjustable
Adjustable
OTHERS
Auto
Adjustable
Adjustable
Adjustable
Adjustable
Adjustable
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FULL RANGE OF EXPOSURE MODES
Face Detection
Taking advantage of the BIONZ ™ integrated
circuit, Sony cameras accurately recognize
– and properly expose – the human face.
Even a simple snapshot can
trip up the automatic exposure
of a conventional camera. For
example, faces can become too dark when
sunlight or other light sources are positioned
behind the people you’re shooting. Sony’s
BIONZ
™ processor solves this problem with
Face Detection. As you shoot, the Face
Detection function actually analyzes the
data that make up your digital picture. In
this way, Face Detection can identify and
Sony
exposure
features
Sony solves common exposure problems with Face Detection technology. (Sample photos for illustration purposes.)
darker than the overall scene. Think
of a downhill skier on a sunny day,
where most of the frame is bright,
white snow. Significantly brighter
objects on dark backgrounds pose
the opposite problem. Camera
designers have ways to overcome
this challenge.
• Specific scenes. Twilight, candlelight,
fireworks and other common shooting
situations pose their own, specific
exposure challenges. Special
“scene modes” can address these
exposure issues.