Setting the ISO Sensitivity
With the normal settings, the ISO sensitivity is set automatically according to the brightness of the
subject. However, in the special mode, you can fix the ISO sensitivity to the equivalent of 100,
200, or 400.
1
Select the ISO sensitivity menu from the Special Mode Setting Screen (see page 82).
2
Select the ISO sensitivity setting and press the SET
button.
B
: Sets the ISO sensitivity automatically (equivalent to
ISO100 to 200).
+
: Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO100.
1
: Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO200 (twice the
sensitivity of
+
).
%
: Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO400 (four times
the sensitivity of
+
).
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This completes the ISO sensitivity setting.
To return to the Shooting Setting Screen, press the MODE button, or select the
C
icon and press the SET button.
NOTE
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By setting a higher ISO sensitivity, you can set higher shutter speeds and capture images in
darker locations, but noise in the captured images may increase.
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If the exposure control setting is set to the shutter speed priority AE (see page 78), then the ISO
sensitivity is fixed to
B
.
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If the flicker reduction is set to
,
(see page 86) in the video clip shooting mode, then the ISO
sensitivity setting is fixed to
B
.
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When shooting a video clip at resolution
4
, at resolution
2
with frame rate
{
, at
resolution
0
with frame rate
{
, or when shooting sequential shots at resolution
4
with a
sequential shot speed setting of
Ú
or
!
, the ISO sensitivity is automatically doubled, thus
allowing you to capture a bright image without noise (Vertical Pixel Mixing (VP mix)).
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