Instruction Manual

27
Advanced
Features
26
1Slide the Power switch to the side to turn the
camera on.
2Set the Mode dial to “q” or “?”.
3Press the Photo mode (p) button.
2
1Press “d” or “c” to select the “S” sensitivity
setting and then press “a” or “b” to change the
setting.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the
setting.
h Settings
a: AUTO, 400, 800
s, ?: 200, 400, 800
●
! While selecting a higher sensitivity setting will allow you to
take pictures in darker locations, it will also increase the
amount of speckling in your images.
Streaking may also be visible in shots of scenes such as the
night sky.
Choose the sensitivity setting that best suits the conditions.
●
! When you specify a high sensitivity, the amount of noise
(interference) in the image shown on the LCD monitor before
the shot is taken increases. However, this is normal and does
not indicate a fault.
●
! The digital zoom cannot be used in high-sensitivity
photography.
●
! The sensitivity setting is retained even if you set the Mode
dial to playback or switch the camera off.
High-sensitivity photography
(
800
)
When a high sensitivity (800) is selected, the
quality is automatically set to “1”.
When you use a high sensitivity setting, “^”
appears on the LCD monitor.
01 02
1
ON
01
03
02
1M1M
A
３３ ３３
◆
Quality setting in high-sensitivity mode
◆
If you try to select a quality setting (➡P.26) other than “1” when the camera is set to high-sensitivity
mode, “
^” is displayed blinking and the quality cannot be changed.
2
1Slide the Power switch to the side to turn the
camera on.
2Set the Mode dial to “q, ?” or “r”.
3Press the Photo mode (p) button.
1Press “d” or “c” to select the quality mode “
y”
setting and then press “a” or “b” to change the
setting.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the
setting.
You can choose from 4 settings. Use the table on
the below as a guide for selecting the best setting
for the shot you want to take.
You can select 2 levels of quality. For better image
quality, select “
$”, and for longer photography
time, select “#”.
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Quality settings in Still Photography
(
q
,
?
)
mode
Quality settings in Movie
(
r
)
mode
●
! The numbers to the right of each setting show the number of
available shots.
●
! When you change the quality, the number of available shots
also changes (➡P.20).
●
! The quality setting is retained even if you set the Mode dial to
playback or switch the camera off.
$
#
Movie Size
320 × 240
160 × 120
Maximum shooting time
120 sec.
480 sec.
1
ON
01
03
02
Printing at A4 size or printing part of the image cropped at A5 or A6 size.
Quality
5
6 MB (2816 × 2120)
Printing at A4 or A5 size or printing part of the image cropped at A6 size.
3
3 MB (2048 × 1536)
Printing at A6 size.
1
1 MB (1280 × 960)
For an image attached to E-mail or used on a website
`
0.3 MB (640 × 480)
Sample Uses
y QUALITY MODE
(
NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS
)
p PHOTO MODE STILL IMAGE/MOVIE
3
Advanced
Features
◆
Quality setting in high-sensitivity mode
◆
If you try to select a quality setting other than “1” when the camera is set to high-sensitivity mode,
“
^” is displayed blinking and the quality cannot be changed.
S SENSITIVITY
p PHOTO MODE STILL IMAGE
●
! In “r” Movie mode, you cannot set the ISO (sensitivity)
setting.
If you select AUTO as the ISO setting, the camera
automatically selects the appropriate ISO setting for
the subject brightness.
The AUTO ISO setting can be selected in the “a”
photography modes.