p-MODE MENU (Photography)

Setting the menu (p.75)

Changing the sensitivity setting (S ISO)

Use this menu to specify required sensitivity setting of the ambient light around the subject.

The larger value of the sensitivity, the higher sensitivity is obtained. The higher sensitivity settings will allow you to take pictures in darker locations.

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Settings AUTO/AUTO(800)/AUTO(400)/1600/800/400/200/100/ 64

Selecting AUTO/AUTO(800)/AUTO(400) as the sensitivity setting, the camera selects the best sensitivity setting for the subject’s brightness.

MEMO

When anything other than N, <, M and >in the Photography mode is selected, only AUTO can be selected for the ISO (sensitivity) setting.

When N, <, M and >in the Photography mode is selected, AUTO cannot be selected for the ISO (sensitivity) setting.

CAUTION

Although higher sensitivity settings will allow you to take pictures in darker locations, they will also increase the amount of speckling in your images. Choose the sensitivity setting that best suits the conditions.

— Features Advanced

N 16

ISO 100

60

PROGRAM SHIFT

F3. 5

The selected sensitivity setting appears on the screen when the sensitivity setting is set to the setting other than AUTO.

Photography

About AUTO(800)/AUTO(400)

AUTO(800)/AUTO(400) can be selected when the Mode dial is set to N. For AUTO(800)/AUTO(400), sensitivity is automatically set in the same way as for AUTO, but the highest sensitivity is limited. Select AUTO(800)/AUTO(400) depending on the scene.

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