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• The sensitivity can also be changed by pressing the obutton once, taking your finger off the button and turning the rear e-dial (S). In this case, the sensitivity is fixed when the obutton is pressed again or the exposure metering timer (p.104) elapses.

•When the exposure mode is set to B(Green), L(Shutter & Aperture Priority Automatic Exposure) or C (Movie), the sensitivity is fixed to [ISO AUTO] and the setting cannot be changed.

•When the exposure mode is set to K(Sensitivity Priority Automatic Exposure), a (Manual Exposure), p(Bulb Exposure) or M(Flash X-sync Speed), the sensitivity cannot be set to [ISO AUTO].

•The sensitivity range can be expanded to a range of ISO 80 to 51200 when [3. Expanded Sensitivity] in the [ACustom Setting 1] menu is set to [On]. However, the minimum sensitivity is ISO 160 when [Highlight Correction] is set to [On] in [D-Range Setting] (p.190) of the [A Rec. Mode 3] menu.

•Captured images may show more noise if a higher sensitivity is set. You can reduce image noise by setting [High-ISO NR] in the [ARec. Mode 3] menu. (p.85)

•You can select whether to set the sensitivity in increments of 1 EV or in accordance with the EV step setting for exposure (p.106). This can be set in [2. Sensitivity Steps] of the [ACustom Setting 1] menu.

Setting the Range of Automatic Sensitivity Correction

Set the range in which the sensitivity is automatically adjusted when the sensitivity is set to [ISO AUTO]. The sensitivity is automatically corrected in the range of [ISO 100-3200] by default.

1 Select [ISO AUTO Setting] in the [ARec. Mode 3] menu and press the four-way controller (5).

The [ISO AUTO Setting] screen appears.

2 Press the four-way controller (5) and use the four-way controller (23) to set the minimum sensitivity.

ISO AUTO Setting

ISOAUTO 100 - 3200

AUTO ISO Parameters

MENU Cancel

OK OK

3 Press the four-way controller (5) and use the four-way controller (23) to set the maximum sensitivity.