This article gives an overview outline and characteristics of operation of the auto and scene modes on your digital camera (an average pocket camera and SLR beginners always include both this mode). Auto mode, it’s been pretty reliable to simply generate the correct photo.

Auto mode and scene modes most widely used:

1. Auto mode (A) No need any clarification, in essence, we entrust the selection of the overall setting (shutter-aperture-ISO, White Balance & Flash if any) of the brain at the camera. The camera will attempt to guess the characteristics of all objects within the frame and the light conditions and then determine all the quantities above settings.
2. Portrait mode (usually denoted by the icon with a female head) The camera will select a narrow DOF (smallest aperture number) so that the object in the photograph will be isolated from the background, so space will be focusing only on the subject only while the background is blurred.
3. Macro mode (flower icon usually denoted by). This mode is necessary when we want to take photos of small objects at close range (close-up). With this mode, we can hold the tip of the lens in close (usually between 2-8 cm from the object) so that the slightest thing can be quite large and detailed.
4. Sport mode (usually denoted by the icon of running) mode is designed to freeze the motion. In this mode, the camera will reduce the shutter speed as small as possible so that when the target subject is moving images produced will remain sharp.
5. Landscape mode (usually denoted by the icon of the mountain). This mode is the opposite of portrait mode. The camera will use a number of possible apertures, so that the focal plane image (Depth of Field – DOF) can be as large as possible.
6. Night mode (denoted with a star icon or a month). This mode is designed to work in poor lighting conditions, both at night and we are in a darkened room. The camera will increase ISO so that even in dim conditions the sensor is still able to catch the light very well, this mode is also trying to make a longer shutter speed so that the image is not too vague and usually is automatically built camera flash will come on.
7. Beach mode/Snow White Balancing his exposure to snow or sand beach not lose details and also not too pale by increasing exposure. White balance is set in the sun.
8. Fireworks mode without flash, the shutter speed is set fair amount of time to record the movement of spark fireworks properly. This mode should be balanced by using a tool to stabilize the camera so as not to shake, such as a tripod.
9. Panorama mode – capture sequence of images that will be merged as a panorama.