Other Special-purpose Recording Features
- Q5
- What can I do with the Art Shot?
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- A variety of artistic effects help to make even common, ordinary subjects become more novel and exciting.
Art Shot types and what they do are shown in the table below.
You can record a movie by simply pressing the movie button.
To shoot with Art Shot, select one of scenes described below.Scene Description Adjustment HDR Art Uses HDR (High Dynamic Range) to turn normal images into works of art. Art Effect Toy Camera Dark edges and altered hues make images look like they were shot by a toy camera.Color Type Soft Focus Overall blurring for a soft and romantic effect. Art Effect Light Tone Weakened contrast for a feeling of airy refinement. Color Pop Enhanced saturation makes colors stand out in with rich clarity. Art Effect Sepia Sepia tones create a decidedly retro look. Art Effect Monochrome All of the strong contrast and graininess of a black and white print. Art Effect Miniature Partial blurring makes scenes look like they are from of a miniature world. Position Fisheye A fisheye lens effect can be used to create a variety of humorous images. Art Effect Sparkling Shot Softens the overall image and adds points of light for a sparkle effect. Art Effect Crystal Ball Creates a mysterious effect by placing the image in a bubble floating in midair. Art Effect ART SHOT
BracketingShoots a series of photos with HDR Art, Toy Camera, Monochrome, and Crystal Ball. A copy of the image (shot with Program Auto) without any effect applied is also saved at the beginning of the series of bracketed images. *1 *1 When shooting with ART SHOT Bracketing, effects are applied at the levels currently set for each applicable scene (HDR Art, Toy Camera, Monochrome, Crystal Ball). To change the level of one of these effects, select applicable Art Shot scene, and then make the desired change.
NOTE
• Depending on the ART SHOT scenes, some of the items on the menu that appears may not be usable.
• With this ART SHOT scene, the flash setting automatically becomes off.
• Movie recording is disabled while “Sparkling Shot” or “ART SHOT Bracketing” is selected.
• With HDR Art Movie, the “Movie Quality” setting can be either “HD” or “STD” only. When any “Movie Quality” setting other than “STD” is selected in another mode, the “HD” setting is used when shooting with HDR Art Movie.
• When using “HDR Art” for movie recording, the intensity of the art effect is fixed in accordance with movie settings.
• "Crystal ball" is a registered trademark of experimental photographer Zenji Uehara.