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

Options Available in the Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

 

 

Option

Description

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Image mode

Allow you to select the combination of image size and

 

 

 

image quality used when saving images. The default setting

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is r4896×3672.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust colors in the image closer to the colors as they appear

 

 

 

 

to the eye. Although Auto (default setting) can be used

 

 

 

White balance

under most types of lighting, you can apply the white

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balance setting suited to the sky conditions or light source to

 

 

 

achieve better results if default setting results are

 

 

 

 

unsatisfactory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select the method that the camera uses to measure the

 

 

 

Metering

brightness of the subject. The camera adjusts the exposure,

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which is a combination of shutter speed and aperture value,

 

 

 

based on the brightness measurement. The default setting is

 

Shooting

 

 

Matrix.

 

 

 

Set the mode used for taking a series of pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The default setting is Single (i.e., only one picture is

 

Features

 

 

captured at a time).

 

 

 

When Continuous H, Continuous L, Pre-shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous

cache or BSS (A40) is set, the pictures are shot

 

 

 

continuously while the shutter-release button is pressed

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all the way.

 

 

 

 

If Continuous H: 120 fps, Continuous H: 60 fps or

 

 

 

 

Multi-shot 16 is set, the specified number of pictures are

 

 

 

 

shot continuously when the shutter-release button is

 

 

 

 

pressed all the way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher ISO sensitivity allows you to take pictures of darker

 

 

 

 

subjects. Additionally, even with subjects of similar

 

 

 

ISO sensitivity

brightness, pictures can be taken with faster shutter speeds,

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and blurring caused by camera shake and subject

 

 

 

 

movement can be reduced. When set to Auto (default

 

 

 

 

setting), the camera sets the ISO sensitivity automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set how the camera determines the focus areas using the

 

 

 

AF area mode

autofocus to Face priority (A67), Manual, Center,

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Subject tracking or Target finding AF (A66) (default

 

 

 

setting).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 focuses

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even when the shutter-release button is not pressed halfway.

 

 

 

 

You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.

 

 

 

Quick effects

Allow you to enable or disable the quick effects function

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(A32). The default setting is On.

 

 

 

 

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