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5.35.4 LANDSCAPE
Although the instruction manual is kind of vague when describing what
Landscape mode does, my own tests reveal that it increases the contrast a
little bit and also increases the intensity of the colors mildly – not as vivid
as the “Vivid” creative style (described in Section 5.24), but it’s there. (See
example in Figure 5-80). The effects are subtle when shrunk down in this
example. In fact, you might prefer the “out-of-the-box” look if all images
were shot using Landscape mode.
One would think that landscape mode would emphasize small f/stops to get
everything in focus, but in my tests it behaved rather similarly to Program
mode in bright light.
Figure 5-80: An urban scenic taken in Program mode (left) and in Landscape
mode (right). Landscape mode increases the contrast and the color saturation,
and just might be your preferred shooting mode for all of your photos.
