ISO SENSITIVITY

With the initial settings, the ISO sensitivity is automatically set according to the brightness of the subject. However, the ISO sensitivity can be set to a fixed setting.

1 Display the NORMAL Mode Shooting Menu (page 37), select “ISO”, and press the SET button.

=: The ISO sensitivity is set automatically (video clip recording: ISO equivalent to ISO 50 to 1600; still image shooting: ISO 50 to 400).

*: Sets sensitivity to ISO 50 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 100).

u: Sets sensitivity to ISO 100 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 200).

v: Sets sensitivity to ISO 200 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 400).

w: Sets sensitivity to ISO 400 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 800).

6: Sets sensitivity to ISO 800 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 1600).

-: Sets sensitivity to ISO 1600 (video clip high sensitivity recording: ISO 3200).

* The indicated ISO value is the standard output sensitivity.

2 Select the desired icon, and press the SET button.

hThis completes the ISO sensitivity setting.

HINT

i By setting a higher ISO sensitivity, you can set faster shutter speeds and capture images in darker locations, but noise in the captured images may increase or the images may be irregular.

i By assigning an operation shortcut to an arrow button (page 135), you can change the ISO setting from the Shooting Screen.

CAUTION

Does the image appear to flicker when recording a video clip?

i If recording a video clip under fluorescent lights with the ISO sensitivity set to wor higher, a noticeable flicker may appear in the image.

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