Application (Record)

Using the [Rec] menu

••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→60)

[Metering Mode]

Recording mode:

You can change the position for measuring brightness when correcting exposure.

Settings

[Metering Mode]

Brightness measurement position

Conditions

 

Whole screen

Normal usage

[Multi Metering]

(produces balanced pictures)

 

 

 

[Center Weighted]

Center and surrounding area

Subject in center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great difference between

 

 

brightness of subject and

[Spot]

Center and close surrounding area

background

 

(e.g. person in spotlight on stage,

 

 

backlighting)

[i.Exposure]

Recording mode:

Automatically adjusts contrast and exposure to give more lifelike colors when there is significant contrast between background and subject.

••When [i.Exposure] works, the color of [  ] changes.

Settings: [ON] / [OFF]

●●Even if [Sensitivity] is set to [100], when [i.Exposure] is activated, pictures may be taken at a higher ISO Sensitivity than the setting.

●●Cannot be set in the following case:

••When the [Quality] setting is set to [  ], [  ] or [  ]

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