Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 50

@ When adjusting the contrast, s ituratiom or sharpness, move to the screen used lk)r acliustments
with _', select the desired item with at/Y, Ihen acliust Ihe vahle with 4/1_.
(_) Press Ihe center of the controller.
(8: Tile default setting)
_ (Standard)*
Reproduces various scenes with rich gradation and beautiful
ce]er.
(Vivid)* Repreduces memorable scenery such as bhle sky sunsels
spring greenery, and autumn leaves with deep and vivid
colors.
(Portrait)* Accenluates Ihe subject and softly repreduces skin lenes.
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(Landscape)*
Rel)reduces Ihe scenery wilh vivid and sharp celers.
(Sunset)*
Beaulifully repreduces the red efthe sunsel.
[_ (Nightview)*
Rel)reduces the light area vividly and the dark area crisply.
(B&W) For monochrome images.
m (Adobe RGB) Uses Ihe Adobe RGB color space. An ICC prefile will net be
embedded in the image.
* Uses file sRGB color space (see below),
(_ (Contrast) A(liusts the centmst in five steps, frem -2 to +2. The higher the
value, the stronger the contrast, rc,,ulting in a well-medulated,
clear image. The lower tile value, the weaker the contrast,
restllting in IL.wer instances of white out or black out.
• When selling the zone malching, only tile conlrast setting is
temporarily rcsel 1o 0 and cannot be changed.
(Saturation)
Adjusts the color saturation in five steps, from -2 to +2. The
higher the vahle, the stronger the saturation, resulting in a vivid,
clear image. A lower value results in an understated image.
• 11 tile color mode is set to _ (B&W), the saturation cannot be
a_liusied.
1_1 (Sharpness)
Adjusts the sharpness of the image in five steps, lron_ -2 to +2.
The higher the value, the sharper the outline, resulting in a vivid,
clear image. The le_er the value, the softer the outline.
• Seleciing aulo wllitc balance (page 46) produces a more ellcclive color tone, Use aulo while balance
especially in Sunset mode.
"_" About sRGB color space and Adobe RGB color space
sRGB color space
This is file siandard color space ol tile digital camera and suitable lot ahnost all normal conditions. As it is
tile color space that acconmlodates tim properlies of tile average monitor, sRGB is also suited lot handling
images R_r use in web pages,
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