Automatic Mode–a feature of all digital cameras.� It sets the focus and exposure. All you need to do is frame the image then push the shutter button. This is a great feature, as it lets you relax, focus on your subject and not on your camera. Find below a brief guide.
- Get ready. Turn ON the camera and set it in the automatic mode. To conserve batteries, turn the monitor of. Compose the images using the optical viewfinder if your camera has this feature. Turn the camera on and set it to automatic mode�usually spelled out or indicated by a camera icon. To conserve your batteries, turn off the monitor and compose your image through the optical viewfinder if your camera has one.� Most digital SLR cameras will not let you do this. Remove the lens cap, if your camera has one.
- Frame the image. You will find the scenes that you will capture through your viewfinder. Use the zoom buttons when needed. If you are using an SLR, you zoom by turning a ring on the lens.
- Autofocus. Digital cameras have one or more focus zones, indicated in the viewfinder with boxes, cross hairs, or brackets. How close you can focus depends on the camera and lens.
- Autoexposure. The exposure system measures the light reflection from the scene you are shooting. Use these readings to set the best possible exposure.
-� Autoflash. The autoexposure system will cause the camera to flash automatically if the ligth is very dim.
- Automatic white balance. Your camera will automatically adjust white balance so that the white objects in a scene are white in the photo. Other colors are free of a color cast.
