Contrast
This setting allows you to control how much contrast there will be between the dark and light colors in your captured images, including the amount of detail there will be in the highlights and shadows within the images.
1In the Capture Menu (page 55), select Contrast.
2In the Contrast
buttons to highlight a setting.
3Press Menu/OK to save the setting and return to the Capture Menu.
The following table helps explain the settings in more detail:
Setting | Description |
Low | Your images will have less contrast. Dark and light |
-colors in the image will be less distinct, and there will be more details in the highlights and shadows.
Medium | Your images will have normal contrast. This is the |
| default setting. |
|
|
High | Your images will have more contrast. Dark and light |
+colors in the image will be more distinct, and there will be less details in the highlights and shadows.
If the new setting is anything other than the default Medium setting, the icon for the setting (in the previous table) will appear in the Live View screen.
Except in My Mode (page 52), the new setting remains in effect until it is changed again or until the camera is turned off. The Contrast setting resets to the default Medium setting when you turn the camera off.
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