Operating Instructions

Detailed guide / Record mode / 151
Setting the white balance manually
By contrast, if you have selected manual white
balance, the corresponding display
SET flashes to
indicate that this function requires further settings
to be made. To do this, proceed as follows:
7. Press the
VIEW/SET button (1.31).
8. Aim the camera at an object which you know is
white or neutral grey. It should fill the frame in
the monitor.
9. Press the shutter release all the way down and
hold it.
Depending on the available light, you can see
how the originally “incorrect” colors are
corrected after a short time. When the setting
is made, the display switches back to the menu
items.
10. Pictures are taken as described in the section
“Taking pictures in
AUTO mode” (see p. 127).
Setting the ISO sensitivity
In traditional photography, the ISO value is selected
to take account of the light-sensitivity of the film
being used. More sensitive films allow faster shutter
speeds and/or smaller apertures, or vice versa, at
the same brightness.
The ISO setting on the DIGILUX 1 also allows the
shutter speed/aperture value to be adjusted to
meet the requirements of the relevant situation,
in 3 steps. However, as the actual sensitivity of
the sensor cannot be changed, in these cases the
only thing that is defined is the quantity of light
that is to be reproduced as white.
As a consequence of this, the optimum picture
quality is obtained at ISO 100, the lowest of the
3 possible settings. The two higher sensitivities of
ISO 200 and ISO 400 result in a successively lower
contrast range and, possibly a slight blackening of
the dark sections of the picture.
For easy use, an automatic setting is also available.
Note:
In
AUTO mode and for video recordings (K), the
sensitivity is fixed at the automatic setting (
AUTO).
In aperture and speed priority exposure modes (
A,
T) and the manual setting (M), this AUTO setting
is not available.
Setting the function:
1. Set the record/review selector (1.14) to one of
the record modes and the exposure mode dial
(1.15) to
P, A, T or M.
2. Press the MENU button (1.27).
3. Select the ISO SENSITIVITY function in the
menu by pressing (2x) down on the direction
pad (1.29).