❚❚Picture Control Settings

Option

Description

Choose from options between –2and +2 to reduce or exaggerate the effect of the selected Picture Control by adjusting sharpening, contrast, and

Quick adjust saturation (note that this resets all manual adjustments). For example, choosing positive values for Vivid makes pictures more vivid. Not available with Neutral, Monochrome or custom Picture Controls.

 

 

 

 

 

Control the sharpness of outlines. Select A to adjust sharpening

 

 

 

 

Sharpening

automatically according to the type of scene, or choose from values between

 

 

Controls)Picture (all

adjustmentsManual

 

0 (no sharpening) and 9 (the higher the value, the greater the sharpening).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select A to adjust contrast automatically according to the type of scene, or

 

 

 

subjects).

 

 

 

 

 

choose from values between –3and +3 (choose lower values to prevent

 

 

 

 

Contrast

highlights in portrait subjects from being “washed out” in direct sunlight,

 

 

 

 

 

higher values to preserve detail in misty landscapes and other low-contrast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brightness

Choose –1for reduced brightness, +1 for enhanced brightness. Does not

 

 

 

 

 

affect exposure.

 

 

only)monochrome-(non

adjustmentsManual

 

Control the vividness of colors. Select A to adjust saturation automatically

 

 

Saturation

according to the type of scene, or choose from values between –3and +3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(lower values reduce saturation and higher values increase it).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose negative values (to a minimum of –3) to make reds more purple,

 

 

 

 

Hue

blues more green, and greens more yellow, positive values (up to +3) to

 

 

 

 

 

make reds more orange, greens more blue, and blues more purple.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only)(monochrome

adjustmentsManual

Filter

Simulate the effect of color filters on monochrome photographs. Choose

 

 

effects

from Off, yellow, orange, red, and green (0 109).

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose the tint used in monochrome photographs from B&W (black-and-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toning

white), Sepia, Cyanotype (blue-tinted monochrome), Red, Yellow, Green,

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Green, Blue, Purple Blue, Red Purple (0 109).

 

 

 

 

 

 

D“A” (Auto)

Results for auto sharpening, contrast, and saturation vary with exposure and the position of the subject in the frame. Use a type G or D lens for best results.

ACustom Picture Controls

The options available with custom Picture Controls are the same as those on which the custom Picture Control was based.

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