Such action shots also require that the camera respond quickly - focus, adjust for lighting and snap the picture before the moment is lost.

Even the most sophisticated camera can't adjust to the nuances of light like the human eye and brain can.

It has Intelligent Auto mode that lets you choose scenes and the camera automatically adjusts for what you're shooting.

The seat - a red plastic pebble that glows - is fixed and the camera adjusts to the user's height.

The camera adjusts itself and even remembers the instructions.

Moments later, the unseen camera adjusts its eye, and what has been brilliantly bright becomes a different kind of brilliant.

Once the camera has adjusted to the bright outside light coming through a window, it can't determine the characteristics within the dark outline of the human figure.

The camera automatically adjusts the intensity of the flash to avoid washed-out photos.

If a flash is being used, some cameras will adjust it as well.

Before the advent of autofocus, all cameras had manually adjusted focusing; thus, the term is a retronym.