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68 Quick Guide for the Impatient User

Here is a summary of what happens to the camera’s settings when you go
into iAuto mode (don’t worry; many of these concepts will be explained
more thoroughly in this chapter and in Appendix A):

 Metering gets set to Multi-segment
 Focus Area gets set to Wide-area
 Flash compensation reset to 0
 Exposure compensation reset to 0
 White balance gets set to Auto
 ISO (the camera’s sensitivity to light) gets set to “Auto” (which in this
case means between whatever you set the limits at when you were in
P/A/S/M mode).
 Creative Style mode gets set to “Standard”; contrast, sharpness,
saturation all reset to 0
 High ISO Noise reduction reset to Normal
 Long exposure Noise Reduction reset to ON.
Features that are NOT reset are:

 Focus Mode – If you put the camera into Manual Focus Mode, AUTO
will not override it.
 Image Quality – if you were shooting RAW before, it will still shoot
RAW in AUTO mode. (Not typical of a point-and-shoot!)
 Image Size (Large, Medium, or Small)
 Red Eye Reduction mode
 Aspect Ratio (3:2 or 16:9)

3.1.2 IAUTO+ (“SUPERIOR AUTO”)
iAuto+, selectable when the exposure
mode dial is set to AUTO and when
MENU  8  Auto Mode is set to
Superior Auto (Figure 3-2) does the same
thing as iAuto, but in addition it will
automatically decide whether or not to
invoke one of several advanced shooting
modes that will be discussed in detail later
on. So it might be a little irresponsible to Figure 3-2: iAuto+ setting.

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