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Article: The Canonical List of Digital Camera Scene Settings.Put your digital camera in touch with its inner expert photographer

Did you know there's an expert photographer built into many digital cameras? You'll find this little genious in the preset Scene settings--specialized shortcuts that tell the camera which settings to use for specific shooting situations. UPDATED!

Article: Do you know your DSLR’s exposure modes?.Take full control over your camera

When it comes to knowing the difference between program, auto, Tv, Av, and manual, do you feel a bit green? After this in-depth look at DSLR modes, you’ll be an expert!

Article: DSLR scene mode secrets!.The easy way to good exposures

Scene Modes are Program mode on steroids. They turn the whole job of exposure over to camera's CPU to not only make all of the relevant exposure choices—and maybe even ISO and color balance settings--but is biased toward specific shooting conditions. The Scene Mode you choose may even automatically pop-up the built-in flash!

Article: Close-up Mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Three rules apply to all close-up photos—all are governed by the unbendable Natural Laws of Physics.

Article: Backlight mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

A strong light behind the main subject usually fools the camera’s built-in automatic light meter—and the results can be awful. The subject’s face is often too dark because the camera, in its attempt to achieve correct overall exposure, can be over-influenced by the background.

Article: Text/Text Capture mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Generations ago, spy movies depicted secret agents covertly snapping pictures of confidential government documents with tiny Minox and other “microfilm cameras.” That was all technologically possible, but in truth, the results were probably so poor that the Cold War lasted far longer than it should have.

Article: Borders (in-camera processing).Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Digital cameras are learning new tricks...and adding borders to images in camera is one of them!

Article: Special Effects (Fish Eye).Your guide to digital camera scene modes

There was a time when using a compact, point-and-shoot camera meant doing without most of the creative versatility that SLR cameras deliver. The advent of digital photography has changed that substantially. Many advanced digital cameras have one or more creative modes built in.

Article: Baby mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Kids are fantastic photographic subjects. But babies and toddlers can be challenging to photograph for many, many reasons.

Article: Food Mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Use a window seat—and a scene mode—to shine a light on edible delectibles. Here's a brief, er, digest.

Article: How to use Auction Mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Images intended for Internet auction sites should be fairly small and relatively low resolution. Some cameras have a specific mode for that.

Article: Color Accent Mode.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Of all of the Color Modes available in my Canon PowerShot camera, the Color Accent Mode is the most unusual.

Article: Use White Balance Settings Creatively.Find your picture's true colors

The White Balance (WB) setting on your digital camera is designed to enable you toshoot an image in which the colors appear normal, i.e. whites look whitewith no color tint.