the Photo Creativity feature is not available if the Quality option on the Shooting menu is set to RAW or RAW & JPEG.

camera will never choose a shutter speed longer than one second in Program mode.

Generally speaking, you should try to set the ISO no higher than 800 if you need to ensure the highest quality for your images. You can still get quite acceptable results with ISO 1600 or higher, though, unless you need to make very large prints.

metering method or use exposure bracketing.

When you select this mode, the camera makes quite a few decisions for you and limits your options in several ways. For example, you can’t set ISO or White Balance to any value other than Auto, and you can’t choose the

However, in a few specific situations, the camera will take a different approach: It will take a rapid burst of multiple shots, then process them internally and combine them digitally into a single composite image that has higher quality than would be possible with a single shot. The higher quality can be achieved because the camera generally has

You can combine more than one Photo Creativity setting to achieve various effects. For example, if you activate the Partial Color effect using the rightmost block at the bottom of the screen, you can then move the highlight to the Color or Vividness block and change the color tint or the saturation of the color that you selected for the Partial

I purchased a package including a generic replacement battery and a charger, shown in Figure A-4, for about $20.00 on eBay.

Sony battery is NP-BX1.