21Step 1 Turn the Camera On and Select A (Auto) ModeBasic Photography and Playback: Auto ModeIndicators Displayed in A (Auto) Mode• The indicators that appear in the monitor during shooting and playbackdisappear after a few seconds (A 97).D Available Functions in A (Auto) ModeIn A (auto) mode, macro mode (A 31) and exposure compensation (A 32) can be applied andpictures can be taken using the flash mode (A 28) and self-timer (A 30). Pressing d in A (auto)mode displays the shooting menu. This menu allows you to specify the image mode (A 75), whitebalance setting (A 77), and to apply continuous shooting (A 79), ISO sensitivity (A 81), coloroptions (A 81) and AF area (A 82), to suit shooting conditions or your own preferences.D Electronic vibration ReductionWhen the flash mode (A 28) is set to W (off) or Y (slow sync) while Electronic VR is set to Autoin the setup menu (A 106), the R icon may appear in the monitor. The appearance of R indicatesshooting conditions in which the effects of camera shake can be pronounced. In these situations,the camera reduces the effects of camera shake in pictures before recording them. Even if picturesare taken with Electronic VR set to Off (default setting), blurring in pictures resulting from camerashake can be compensated during playback for pictures marked with S (A 47).262626Shooting modeA displayed in A (auto) mode.Image modeDisplay image size andquality set in the image modemenu. The default setting isy Normal (3264).Internal memory indicatorIndicates that images will be stored on thecamera’s internal memory (approximately 52 MB).When a memory card is inserted in the camera,C does not appear and images will be stored onthe memory card.
