Taking pictures and videos
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Picture Quality
Choose a picture resolution.
This setting remains until you
change it.
Best —
(5 MP) for printing up to
20 x 30 in. (50 x 76 cm).
Best (3:2)
—
(4.4 MP) ideal for printing
4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm) prints without cropping.
Also for printing up to 20 x 30 in. (50 x 76 cm);
some cropping may result.
Better —
(3.1 MP) for printing up to
8 x 10 in. (20 x 25 cm).
Good —
(1.7 MP) for emailing, Internet, or
screen display.
Video Quality
Choose a video resolution.
This setting remains until you
change it.
Best (640 x 480)
—
video plays in a
640 x 480 pixel window.
Good (320 x 240)
—
video plays in a
320 x 240 pixel window.
White Balance
Choose your lighting
condition.
This setting remains until
you change modes or turn
off the camera.
Auto (default)—
automatically corrects white
balance. Ideal for general picture-taking.
Daylight—
for pictures in natural lighting.
Tungsten—
corrects the orange cast of
household light bulbs. Ideal for indoor pictures
under tungsten or halogen lighting without
flash.
Fluorescent—
corrects the green cast of
fluorescent lighting. Ideal for indoor pictures
under fluorescent lighting without flash.
Unavailable in Video and Scene modes
(exception—available in Landscape).
ISO Speed
Control the camera’s
sensitivity to light.
This setting remains until
you change modes or turn
off the camera.
Auto (default), 80, 100, 200, 400,
800 (Good)
*
Choose a lower ISO setting in brightly lit scenes;
use a higher ISO setting in low-light scenes.
* At ISO 800, picture quality is forced to Good.
NOTE: ISO returns to Auto when the camera is set to
Portrait, Close-up, SCN modes, or during Long
Time Exposure.
Unavailable in Video and SCN modes.
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Options (unavailable as noted)
