4. Advanced Shake Reduction

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At first, I was skeptical. How well could in-camera shake reduction work? In this mode, most options are disabled; you would typically use it in low lighting conditions when you don’t want to use flash. I shot a number of pictures using this mode, and it appears that the camera sets itself at ISO 200 and shoots with the lens wide open at F/2.8. As you prepare to take your picture, the shutter speed appears on the screen. My test photos ranged from 1/3 second to 1 second; looking at the pictures I shot, I was pleasantly surprised. Considering that the camera was handheld for up to 1 second exposures, the resulting photos exhibited little blur. There’s no substitute for a good tripod, but in a pinch, this mode could yield usable pictures that you’d otherwise be unable to take.

Special Effects

This mode has three main features: photo frames that let you frame a picture; motion GIF that lets you record up to 50 images for a .GIF file; and composite, which lets you take multiple pictures and combine them in one frame.

Sample picture using one of the nine included frames.

Scene

The last still picture mode is the Scene mode, where the camera’s settings are pre-configured for typical lighting situations you might encounter. There are 11 scene modes including night, portrait, children, landscape and sunset.

Using the Scene mode to configure the Samsung NV10 for close up photography