Manually Setting Image Characteristics

The ISO speed, contrast, sharpness and saturation settings can be adjusted for shooting.

1In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select one of the above items.

• See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 39).

2Select a value for the item and press

the button.

ISO speed

•Switch speeds when you are shooting in dark areas or want to use a fast shutter speed.

•You can select from 50, 100, 200, 400 and AUTO.

•The default setting is ISO 50.

•Higher ISO speeds increase the image noise. To take clean images, use as low an ISO speed as possible.

Contrast

•Select from - (Weak), 0 (Neutral) and + (Strong).

•This function allows you to adjust the degree of brightness.

Sharpness

•Select from - (Weak), 0 (Neutral) and + (Strong).

•This function allows you to adjust how sharply outlines are defined.

Saturation

•Select from - (Low), 0 (Neutral) and + (High)

•This function allows you to adjust the color depth.

3Shoot the image.

• These functions can only be selected in the , , and shooting modes. In the mode, however, the ISO speed cannot be set to [Auto].

•These settings are memorized even when the camera power is turned off. Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects 83