What are scene programmes?
Scene programmes are a series of preset parameters for photographing different subjects or scenes. They have intuitive names such as ’Sport‘, ’Landscape‘ and ’Portrait’. Selecting the ‘Sport‘ programme, for example, indicates that the photographer wants to take a picture of a fast-moving subject and the camera uses a fast shutter speed. The ’Portrait‘ programme automatically selects a larger aperture to ensure that the background is out of focus (short depth of field) while the subject remains sharp. These scene programmes can save a lot of time and effort and usually produce excellent results. If you use a preset scene programme for digiscoping you should set the camera to ’Landscape‘ for taking photographs of motionless animals; set it to ’Sport‘ for flying birds, and so on. And make sure you disable the flash!
