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ISO Setting
Adjust the camera’s sensitivity to light.
•
Auto
: The camera automatically adjusts sensitivity ac-
cording to brightness, the distance to the subject, and
the options selected for macro mode and picture qual-
ity and size.
•
Auto-Hi
(
high sensitivity auto
): As above, except that the cam-
era selects higher sensitivities when the subject is poor-
ly lit. The maximum sensitivity and the shutter speed to
shift the value of ISO sensitivity can be selected in the
setup menu (page 124).
•
ISO 80–ISO 3200
: Sensitivity is set to the selected value.
Note
• Step value for ISO sensitivity can be selected from
1EV
or
1/3EV
in
ISO Step Setting
in the setup menu (page 124).
• “Noise” (random variations in brightness and color) may appear
in photographs taken at high sensitivities.
• The sensitivity displayed in the picture display in
Auto
and
Auto-
Hi
modes may differ from the actual value. If the flash is used,
a sensitivity of
Auto
is equivalent to ISO 154, regardless of the
value displayed in the picture display. The range of sensitivities
available in
Auto
mode when the flash is off is shown below:
Picture size
ISO sensitivity
Default
Min.
Max.
z
100
80
283
a
238
c
176
Over
e
154
• Available ISO settings are limited in dynamic range compensa
-
tion shooting (page 72).
