Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Displaying the Shooting Menu and High-sensitivity Menu

Enter L (auto) or high-sensitivity shooting mode by pressing C in shooting mode, selecting L (auto) or K (high-sensitivity), and then pressing d. Press m to display the shooting menu or high-sensitivity menu.

Shooting

Shooting menu

 

Image mode

 

White balance

 

Continuous

q

BSS

 

ISO sensitivity

 

Exit

 

Use the rotary multi selector (c 9) to choose and apply settings.

To exit the shooting or high-sensitivity menu, press m.

Z Image Mode

Pictures taken with a digital camera are recorded as image files. The size of the files, and with it the number of images that can be recorded, depends on the size and quality of the images. Before shoot- ing, choose an image mode according to how you plan to use the picture.

Image mode

 

High (3072

)

Normal (3072)

Normal (2592)

Normal (2048)

PC screen (1024)

Exit

 

Shooting,

 

Option

Size (pixels)

Description

 

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1:4.

 

F High (3072A)

 

2,304

Highest quality, suitable for enlarge-

 

3,072

ments or high-quality prints. The com-

Playback,

 

 

 

 

d Normal (2592)

2,592

1,944

 

 

E

Normal (3072)

3,072

2,304

Best choice in most situations. The com-

 

(default setting)

and

 

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal (2048)

 

1,536

Smaller size allows more pictures to be

Setup

e

2,048

stored. The compression ratio is approxi-

 

 

 

 

mately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menus

 

PC screen (1024)

1,024 768

Suited to display on computer monitor.

 

1:8.

 

h

The compression ratio is approximately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i TV screen (640)

 

480

Suited to full-screen display on a television

 

640

or distribution by e-mail or the web. The

 

 

 

 

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B 16:9

 

1728

Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can

 

3072

be taken. The compression ratio is approx-

 

 

 

 

 

imately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and

82playback modes (c 6, 7).

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Northern Industrial Tools S500 user manual Displaying the Shooting Menu and High-sensitivity Menu, Image Mode