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Photography Basic—Tutorial

Step 3—Adjust Camera Settings

When the mode dial is rotated to , camera settings are automatically adjusted to produce optimal results in most situations. Image quality, image size, sensitivity, and shooting mode are set to the values in the table below. See “Taking Photographs” ( 35).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image quality

 

 

 

 

 

Sensitivity is displayed only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when ISO button is pressed.

Image size

 

 

 

 

Option

Default

Image

NORM

quality

(JPEG Normal)

Image

L

size

(Large)

Sensitivity

200

Shooting

 

mode

(Single frame)

Description

 

 

 

Pictures are compressed for balance between im-

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age quality and file size that is ideal for snapshots.

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Images are 3,008 × 2,000 pixels in size.

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Sensitivity (digital equivalent of film speed) set to

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value roughly equivalent to ISO 200.

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One photograph is taken each time shutter-release-

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button is pressed.

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