Features That Can Be Set Using the d(Menu) Button (Shooting Mode)

Option

Description

A

 

 

 

Higher ISO sensitivity allows you to take pictures of darker

 

 

 

 

subjects. Additionally, even with subjects of similar

 

 

 

 

brightness, pictures can be taken at faster shutter speeds,

 

 

 

ISO sensitivity 1

and blurring caused by camera shake and subject

 

 

 

movement can be reduced. When ISO sensitivity is set to

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Auto (default setting), the camera sets the ISO sensitivity

 

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

• In m (Manual) mode, ISO sensitivity is fixed at ISO 80 if

 

 

 

 

Auto or Fixed range auto is selected.

 

 

 

Exposure

The exposure (brightness) can be changed automatically

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bracketing

during continuous shooting. The default setting is Off.

 

 

 

 

Set how the camera determines the focus area using the

 

 

 

AF area mode 1

autofocus to Face priority (A80), Auto, Manual,

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Center (normal), Center (wide), Subject tracking or

 

 

 

 

Target finding AF (A79).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting

 

When Single AF (default setting) is selected, the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focuses only while the shutter-release button is pressed

 

 

 

Autofocus mode

halfway. When Full-time AF is selected, the camera

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focuses even when the shutter-release button is not

Features

 

 

 

 

pressed halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash exp. comp.

Adjust the flash output. Use this option when the flash is

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too bright or too dark. The default setting is 0.0.

 

 

 

Noise reduction

Set the strength of the noise reduction function that is

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normally performed when recording the picture. The

 

filter

 

default setting is Normal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active D-Lighting

Prevent loss of contrast details in highlights and shadows

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when shooting images. The default setting is Off.

 

 

 

Save user settings

The current settings are stored in mode dial M (A53).

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Reset user settings

The settings saved to mode dial M are reset.

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If the zoom control is operated when set to On, the camera

 

 

 

 

changes in steps to the focal length (equivalent to 35mm

 

 

 

 

[135] format of angle of view) of the zoom lens that is set in

 

 

 

Zoom memory

advance. The default setting is Off.

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• Select On and press the kbutton to display the screen

 

 

for focal length selection. Press the kbutton to switch

 

 

 

 

the On [w]/Off setting, then press the multi selector K

 

 

 

 

to apply the selection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Startup zoom

When the camera is turned on, the zoom position moves

 

 

 

to the focal length (equivalent to 35mm [135] format of

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position 2

angle of view) of the zoom lens that is set in advance. The

 

 

default setting is 24 mm.

 

 

 

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