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This is the last in the series of our discussions on digital camera scene modes. The common selections of Fireworks and Museum modes can be found on most every P&S camera. I’ll talk about a few others too.Although you may only use Fireworks mode once or twice a year it will certainly help you get [...]

Rounding out our discussion on digital camera scene modes are some of the less frequently used modes. I’ll cover Party/Indoors, Backlight and Closeup today and finish the rest tomorrow.Party/Indoors will allow you to capture good indoor shots, including the available room light. The flash will be in Auto mode and the camera will balance it’s [...]

Having been a longtime resident of Florida, and as a current resident of Colorado, I can attest to the real benefit of the Beach/Snow scene mode. Both film and digital camera light meters are calibrated to a medium tone. Overly bright or dark scenes are not recorded properly. Beach/Snow scene mode is for all those [...]

The Copy mode is intended for those times when you are photographing a document or a map and just need a black and white image. You’ll still find a B&W mode on a number of cameras, but Copy mode has replaced it on many P&S cameras. No worries. Just use Copy mode to shoot any [...]

Sunrise/Sunset and Dusk/Dawn. Your digital camera will have one, or perhaps both, of these settings. While most Scene modes change the aperture or shutter speed used, Sunrise/Sunset and Dusk/Dawn modes change how the colors of the scene are recorded. The goal is to record the beautiful quality of light at these times of day.
Sunrise and [...]

Here’s some helpful tips for using Sports mode on your digital camera.Whether it’s kids soccer or baseball, or an NFL game, Sports mode is designed to help you stop the action. Your digital camera will set the shutter speed as high as possible for the lighting conditions in order to stop action. If you can, [...]