Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Displaying the Shooting Menu and High-sensitivity Menu

Enter L (auto) or high-sensitivity shooting mode by pressing D in shooting

mode, selecting the L (auto) or K (high-sensitivity), and then pressing d.

Press m to display the shooting menu or high-sensitivity menu.

Shooting

Shooting menu

Image mode

White balance

Exp. +/-

Continuous

BSSB

Exit

•Use the rotary multi selector (c 12) to choose and apply settings.

•To exit the shooting or high-sensitivity menu, press m.

Z Image Mode

Pictures taken with a digital camera are recorded as image files. The size of the files, and with it the number of images that can be recorded, depends on the size and quality of the images. Before shoot- ing, choose an image mode according to how you plan to use the picture.

Image mode

High(3072)

Normal(3072)

Normal(2592)

Normal(2048)

PC screen(1024)

Exit

Shooting,

Options

Size (pixels)

Description

F High(3072A)

 

⋅ 2,304

Highest quality, suitable for enlarge-

3,072

ments or high-quality prints. The com-

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1/4.

 

 

 

 

E Normal(3072)

3,072

⋅ 2,304

Best choice in most situations. The com-

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1/8.

d Normal(2592)

2,592

⋅ 1,944

 

 

 

 

 

e Normal(2048)

 

⋅ 1,536

Smaller size allows more pictures to be

2,048

stored. The compression ratio is approxi-

 

 

 

mately 1/8.

 

 

 

 

h PC screen(1024)

1,024 ⋅ 768

Suited to display on computer monitor.

The compression ratio is approximately

 

 

 

1/8.

 

 

 

 

i TV screen(640)

 

⋅ 480

Suited to full-screen display on a television

640

or distribution by e-mail or the web. The

 

 

 

compression ratio is approximately 1/8.

 

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (c 8, 9).

Menus Setup and Playback,

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