Quick Guide

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5.5.3 Image Setup
[Brightness] make the image brighter or darker by a specified amount. When increasing brightness, you may find
that you lose some contrast on the brightest details in the image while the rest of the image has the same
contrast as before.
[Contrast] Contrast is defined as the separation between the darkest and brightest areas of the image. Increase
contrast and you increase the separation between dark and bright, making shadows darker and highlights
brighter. Decrease contrast and you bring the shadows up and the highlights down to make them closer to one
another. Adding contrast usually adds "pop" and makes an image look more vibrant while decreasing contrast can
make an image look duller.
[Hue] Change is similar to rotating a color wheel to select a different mixture of colors
[Saturation] Saturation is similar to contrast, however instead of increasing the separation between shadows
and highlights, we increase the separation between colors.
[Sharpness] Sharpness can be defined as edge contrast, that is, the contrast along edges in a photo. When we
increase sharpness, we increase the contrast only along/near edges in the photo while leaving smooth areas of
the image alone.
[Auto Exposure Target] Automatic exposure (abbreviation: AE) mode automatically calculates and adjusts
exposure settings to match (as closely as possible) the subject's mid-tone to the mid-tone of the photograph.
Exposure is a combination of the length of time and the illuminance at the photosensitive material. Exposure time
is controlled in a camera by shutter speed and the illuminance by the lens aperture and the scene luminance.
Slower shutter speeds (exposing the medium for a longer period of time), and greater lens apertures (admitting
more light), and higher-luminance scenes produce greater exposures.