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❚❚Picture Control Settings

 

Option

Description

 

 

 

Choose from options between –2and +2 to reduce or

 

 

 

exaggerate the effect of the selected Picture Control

Quick adjust

(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 automatically according to the type of

 

 

Sharpening

scene, or choose from values between 0 (no

(allPictureControls)

Manualadjustments

 

sharpening) and 9 (the higher the value, the greater the

 

sharpening).

 

 

 

Select A to adjust contrast automatically according to

 

 

 

 

 

 

the type of scene, or choose from values between –3

 

 

Contrast

and +3 (choose lower values to prevent highlights in

 

 

portrait subjects from being “washed out” in direct

 

 

 

 

 

 

sunlight, higher values to preserve detail in misty

 

 

 

landscapes and other low-contrast subjects).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brightness

Choose –1for reduced brightness, +1 for enhanced

 

 

 

brightness. Does not affect exposure.

(non-monochromeonly)

Manualadjustments

 

Control the vividness of colors. Select A to adjust

Saturation

saturation automatically 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

 

 

Hue

reds more purple, blues more green, and greens more

 

 

yellow, positive values (up to +3) to make reds more

 

 

 

 

 

 

orange, greens more blue, and blues more purple.

 

 

 

 

(monochromeonly)

Manualadjustments

Filter

Simulate the effect of color filters on monochrome

photographs. Choose from OFF, yellow, orange, red,

 

 

 

 

effects

 

 

and green (0 167).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose the tint used in monochrome photographs from

 

 

Toning

B&W (black-and-white), Sepia, Cyanotype (blue-tinted

 

 

monochrome), Red, Yellow, Green, Blue Green, Blue,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple Blue, Red Purple (0 168).

 

 

 

 

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