The X-5 features the PENTAX-original Auto Picture mode, which automatically assesses the subject's conditions and selects the most appropriate shooting mode from 16 distinctive shooting options, including Landscape, Portrait, Candlelight and Pet.

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Be even more original with the Nikon D5200 Effects mode.

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The programmers who created the original AutEx system, which ran on two huge Xerox Sigma 9 mainframes in lockstep mode (either one could take over if the other went down), have long since retired.

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This means much like the original PadFone, the CPU can already go full throttle when needed even under "Normal" mode, whereas under Ultimate mode the phone would stay at top performance most of the time.

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