Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Instruction Manual

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You can minimize overexposed highlight areas.
1
Select [Highlight tone priority].
Under the [
z
3 ] tab, select
[ Highlight tone priority ], then press
<
0
>.
2
Select [Enable].
Turn the <
5
> dial to select [ Enable ],
then press <
0
>.
Highlight details are improved. The
dynamic range is expanded from the
standard 18% gray to bright
highlights. The gradation between the
grays and highlights becomes
smoother.
3
Take the picture.
The image will be recorded with
highlight tone priority applied.
3
Highlight Tone Priority
N
With [ Enable ], the Auto Lighting Optimizer (p.142) is automatically set to
[ Disable ] and the setting cannot be changed. When [ Highlight tone
priority ] is set to [ Disable ], the Auto Lighting Optimizer will revert to its
original setting.
With [ Enable ], image noise may increase slightly more than with
[ Disable ].
With [ Enable ], the settable range will be ISO 200 - 25600 (ISO 200 - 12800
for movie shooting). Also, the <
A
> icon will be displayed in the viewfinder
and on the LCD panel when highlight tone priority is enabled.
COP
Y