Iso: Selecting A Luminous Sensitivity - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S800 Instruction & Operation Manual

Shooting menu
Daylight ( )
Auto
• For details on the white balance, see page 8.
• Under fluorescent lights that flicker, the white balance function may not work correctly even though you
select [Fluorescent] (
• Except in [Flash] (
WB
• Some options are not available depending on the Scene mode (page 27).

ISO: Selecting a luminous sensitivity

Small number
Selects a luminous sensitivity with units of ISO. The larger the number, the higher the
sensitivity.
1250
800
400
200
80
Auto
• For details on the ISO sensitivity, see page 7.
• Note that the image tends to become noisier as the ISO sensitivity number increases.
• [ISO] is set to [Auto] in the Scene mode.
Adjusts for a sunny outdoors, shooting evening scenes, night
scenes, fireworks, or sunrise, or conditions before and after
sundown.
Adjusts the White Balance automatically.
).
) modes, [WB] is set to [Auto] when the flash strobes.
Select a large number when shooting in dark locations or
shooting a subject moving at high speed, or select a small
number to obtain high image quality.
For details on the operation 1 page 30
Large number
35