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Record Screens & Menus
By Josh Fate
Note: the PL90 kit does not include an AV cable, therefore we had to photograph the LCD for the screens below.
Smart Auto will automatically look at the scene and determine the correct camera settings and shooting modes for you, allowing you to just point and shoot without worrying. Here the only options that you have are: flash on/off and self timer settings.
While also fully automatic, Program mode allows you to
access more advanced settings like ISO, White Balance, etc. The LCD
icons show you most of the photos settings, which can be removed by
pressing your 4-way pad "up". Pressing again will scroll through basic
information, no information, or all photo information. The 4-way pad
can also be used here as a shortcut for flash, self-timer, and select
macro or AF. 
Pressing the mode button on the camera allows you to quickly change its shooting mode. You have 5 options, all automatic, but with differing amounts of control and features.
PL90's Scene Modes: Beauty Shot, Frame Guide, Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close Up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow.
Fn Menu (Program):- Image Size - 12M, 10M (3:2), 9M (16:9), 8M, 5M, 3M, 1M
- Quality - Super Fine, Fine, Normal
- Exposure Compensation - ±2 in 1/3 increments
- ISO - Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent H, Fluorescent L, Tungsten, Custom
- Face Detection - Off, Normal, Self-Portrait, Smile Shot, Blink Detection
- Focus Area - Center AF, Multi AF, Tracking AF
- Metering - Multi, Spot, Center-Weighted
- Photo Style - Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB
- Drive - Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB
The Menu button brings you to this
menu of options. The four tabs shown include; Shooting, Sound, Display, and
Settings:
- Photo Size - 12M, 10M (3:2), 9M (16:9), 8M, 5M, 3M, 1M
- Quality - Super Fine, Fine, Normal
- Exposure Compensation - ±2 in 1/3 increments
- ISO - Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent H, Fluorescent L, Tungsten, Custom
- Face Detection - Off, Normal, Self-Portrait, Smile Shot, Blink Detection
- Focus Area - Center AF, Multi AF, Tracking AF
- Metering - Multi, Spot, Center-Weighted
- Photo Style - Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB
- Drive - Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB
- Image Adjust - Toggle Contrast, Sharpness and Saturation in 5 steps
- ACB - Automatically compensates for differences in brightness; On or Off
- Drive - Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AE Bracketing
- Voice - Off, Voice memo, Voice recording
In Movie mode you can record in 640x480 (30/15fps) or
320x240 (60/30/15fps) motion video with audio. All movie clips are
saved in Motion JPEG format as .AVI video files.
The length of movies that can be recorded is determined by the amount
of available memory (2GB max. clip size), and unlike most models, the
optical
zoom can be used while recording. Visitors of Steves can visit the stores below for real-time pricing and availability. You can also find hot, soon to expire online offers on a variety of cameras and accessories at our very own Camera Deals page.
