PRE-SET MODES Lesson 3:

LANDSCAPE MODE.


Ok, so you are on a trip and you see that sweet landmark that says "I was there" and you want to take a picture of it with you in front so that you can prove to your friends that you were actually there. You pull out your trusty point and shoot camera and take the pic, but the background is all blurry. You try again, now the background is in focus but you are out of focus. "Hurry up dude!" is comming from the little stocky man next in line as his 2 yr old is getting impatient and they want their turn now. What do you do? Do you give up and settle for either you being blurry or the background blurry? Or worse, a picture of the landmark without you in it?

NO WAY! Have no fear, landscape mode is here! That's right! Just flip your trusty pre-set mode nob to the little picture of a mountain, and you will get shots with both the foreground (person in front) in focus and the background in focus. What the camera does is automatically change the aperature of the camera to take out the blurry effect so that they whole picture (or landscape) is in focus. Great for mountains, cities or even groups of people standing a distance away from front to back. So, when you get back from your trip to anytown USA, you can prove that you really were there.

(If anyone sees the irony in this story and picture, let me know.....I am feeling awefully punny tonight) ;-)

Adam