Northern Industrial Tools S500 user manual ISO Sensitivity, Color Options

Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
W ISO Sensitivity
	ISO sensitivity
Sensitivity is a measure of how quickly the camera
	Auto
reacts to light. The higher the sensitivity, the less	50
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light needed to make an exposure. Although a high
	200
ISO rating is suited for taking pictures of subjects in	400
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action or in poor lighting, high sensitivity is often

associated with “noise” -randomly spaced, brightly colored pixels concen- trated in dark parts of the image.

[Auto] (default setting) is ISO 50 under normal conditions; when lighting is poor and the flash is off, the camera compensates by raising sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 1000. Choose from values between ISO 50 and 2000 equiv- alent.

At settings other than [Auto], the current setting is displayed in the monitor (c 6). If [Auto] is selected and the sensitivity is raised above an ISO 50, the W icon will be displayed (c 29).

d Color Options

Make colors more vivid or record pictures in mono- chrome.

eStandard color (default setting)

Use for pictures exhibiting natural color.

CVivid color

Use to achieve a vivid, “photoprint” effect.

DBlack-and-white

Record pictures in black-and-white.

BSepia

Record pictures in sepia tones.

ACyanotype

Record pictures in cyan-blue monochrome.

Color options

Standard color

Vivid color

Black-and-white

Sepia Cyanotype

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Shooting, Playback, and Setup Menus

The effects of the selected option can be previewed in the monitor. At set- tings other than [Standard color], the icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor (c 6).

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