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Changing your setup
Changing the noise reduction setting
When you set the shutter speed to a second or longer (Long exposure
shooting), noise reduction is turned on for the same duration that the shutter
is open.
This is to reduce the grainy noise typical in a long exposure. When noise
reduction is in progress, a message appears and you cannot take another
picture. Select [On] to prioritize the image quality. Select [Off] to prioritize
the timing of shooting.

MENU button t 3 t [Long Exposure NR] t [Off]

Notes
•When the expos ure mode is set to Sweep Panorama, Tele-zoom Continuous
Advance Priority AE, or continuous shooting, continuous bracketing, [Hand-held
Twilight] in Scene Selection, or ISO is set to [Multi Frame NR], noise reduction is
not performed even when it is set to [On].
•When the expos ure mode is set to AUTO, AUTO+ or Scene Selection, you cannot
turn off noise reduction.
The camera reduces the noise that becomes more noticeable when the
camera sensitivity is high.
Select [Auto] to prioritize the image quality. Select [Weak] to prioritize the
timing of shooting.

MENU button t 3 t [High ISO NR] t Select the desired

setting
Notes
•[Weak] is selected autom atically for continuous shooting or continuous bracketing
images, even when you set it to [Auto].
•When the expos ure mode is set to AUTO, AUTO+, Sweep Panorama, Scene
Selection, or Picture Effect, this item is set to [Weak].
•Noise reductio n is not performed on RAW images.

Disabling the noise reduction during long exposure

shootings

Setting the noise reduction at high ISO sensitivity settings