Basic- 44 -When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene concerned isdisplayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.• [¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.• When [ ],[ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it willadjust the focus and exposure. (Face detection) (P137)• If a tripod is used, for instance, and the camera has judged that camera shake is minimal whenthe Scene Mode has been identified as [ ], the shutter speed will be set to a maximum of8 seconds.Take care not to move the camera while taking pictures.• When [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON], and the face similar to the registered face is detected, [R]is displayed in the top right of [ ], [ ] and [ ].¢ When [FACE RECOG.] is set to [ON], [ ] will be displayed for birthdays of registered facesalready set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected.Note• Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the samesubject.– Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, The size of the subject, The distance tothe subject, The contrast of the subject, When the subject is moving– Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera isshaken, When zoom is used• To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in theappropriate Recording Mode.• The Backlight CompensationBacklight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight bybrightening the whole of the picture automatically.Scene detection¦ > [i-PORTRAIT][i-SCENERY][i-MACRO][i-NIGHT PORTRAIT] • Only when [‡] is selected[i-NIGHT SCENERY][i-BABY]¢
