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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Noise Reduction
At slow shutter speeds, pictures may be affected by “noise” in the form of randomly-
spaced, brightly-colored dots concentrated in dark parts of the image. Use this
option to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds. Enabling noise reduction increases
the time needed to record pictures after they are shot.
When noise reduction is performed, the
x
icon is displayed in the monitor during
shooting (
8).
Q
Distortion Control
Correct the distortion. Enabling distortion control reduces the size of the area for
shooting.
At settings other than
Off
, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor (
8).
C
Distortion Control/Converter Display
The icon for distortion control/converter displays (
8) are as follows.
•
Y
:
Distortion control
is set to
On
, and
Wide-angle converter
(
149) is set to
None
.
•
w
:
Distortion control
is set to
Off
, and
Wide-angle converter
is set to
On
.
•
x
: Both
Distortion control
and
Wide-angle converter
are set to
On
.
•
No display: Both
Distortion control
and
Wide-angle converter
are set to
Off
.
a
Auto (default setting)
Noise reduction is performed at slow shutter speeds, likely to result in pictures
affected by noise.
When
Continuous
,
BSS
, or
Multi-shot 16
is selected for
Continuous
, and when
Auto bracketing
is set to any mode other than
Off
, noise reduction will not be
performed.
M
On
Noise reduction is applied to pictures shot at shutter speeds slower than 1/4 s.
On
is
recommended when shooting at slow shutter speeds.
Only
Single
or
Intvl timer shooting
can be selected for
Continuous
.
Cannot be applied when
Auto bracketing
is set to modes other than
Off
.
Q
On
Distortion at frame peripheries is corrected (only when the image quality setting
(
124) is set to
Fine
,
Normal
or
Basic
).
k
Off (default setting)
No distortion correction performed.