| Exposure Mode | Description |
| Scene Intelligent Auto | Completely automatic photography; the camera analyzes the scene and tries to choose settings that produce the best results. |
| Auto Flash Off | Same as Auto, but with flash disabled. |
| Scene | Automatic modes for capturing specific types of scenes. Four scenes (Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, and Sports) have their own setting on the Mode dial. Set the dial to the SCN position to access additional scene types. |
| Creative Auto | Provides a bit more control than Scene Intelligent Auto, enabling you to adjust the amount of background blurring and a few other picture characteristics. |
| Creative Filter | Enables you to add special effects to pictures and movies as you shoot them. |
| P (Programmed Autoexposure) | Camera selects both the f-stop and shutter speed to ensure proper exposure, but you can choose from multiple combinations of the two settings. |
| Tv (Shutter-priority Autoexposure) | You set the shutter speed, and the camera selects the f-stop that will produce a good exposure. |
| Av (Aperture-priority Autoexposure) | You select the f-stop, and the camera selects the shutter speed that will produce a good exposure. |
| M (Manual Exposure) | You control both the shutter speed and f-stop. |