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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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ISO Sensitivity
Sensitivity is a measure of how quickly the camera reacts to light. The higher the
sensitivity, the less light needed to make an exposure. Although a high ISO rating
is suited for taking pictures of subjects in action or in poor lighting, high sensitivity
is often associated with “noise” - randomly spaced, brightly colored pixels
concentrated in dark parts of the image.
At the settings other than
Auto
, the current setting is displayed in the monitor
(
A
6). If
Auto
is selected and the sensitivity is raised above ISO 64, the
E
icon
will be displayed (
A
29).
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Notes on ISO 3200
•
When
3200
is selected for
ISO sensitivity
, the image mode mark on the screen will be displayed
in red during shooting.
•
When
ISO sensitivity
is set to
3200
,
Image mode
cannot be set to
h
3648×2736
,
i
3648×2736
,
L
2592×1944
,
P
3584×2016
, and
s
2736×2736
. At these image mode
settings, selecting
3200
for
ISO sensitivity
automatically switches the
Image mode
setting to
M
2048×1536
. When any option other than
3200
is next selected for
ISO sensitivity
, the
original image size setting is restored.
•
At an
ISO sensitivity
setting of
3200
, the
Multi-shot 16
(
A
99) option of the continuous
shooting mode is not available. At a
Continuous
setting of
Multi-shot 16
, selecting
3200
for
ISO sensitivity
switches the
Continuous
setting to
Single
. The
Single
setting does not change
even when
ISO sensitivity
is set to options other than
3200
.
Auto (default setting)
Sensitivity is ISO 64 under normal conditions; when lighting is poor and the flash is
off, the camera compensates by raising sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 800.
64,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200
Sensitivity will be locked at the specified value.