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Chapter 5 Advanced Shooting Techniques
Functions of the Shooting Menu
The shooting menu allows you to adjust shooting conditions, change
the record mode, vary the number of storable pictures etc. You also
need to display the shooting menu to shoot movie pictures.
For details about how to use the menu, see "Using the Shooting Menu" (p.74).
Item
Exposure
Adjusting image brightness compensation.
compensation
Spot metering
Shooting based on the brightness
mode
at the center of the photo, rather than overall
image brightness.
Record mode
Selecting picture size and image resolution, as
selection
well as increasing or decreasing the number of
storable pictures.
White balance
Canceling automatic color balance adjustment,
and adjusting the setting to suit daylight,
overcast, incandescent or fluorescent lighting
conditions.
ISO
By setting the ISO sensitivity, you can adjust
the camera's sensitivity to light.
Drive
Shooting a sequence of up to 45 still pictures.
Function shooting
Shooting movie pictures at 15 frames per
second.
Shooting
movie
pictures
Shooting panorama shots. Also for using
Card
Special Function SmartMedia cards (sold
functions
separately).
Sharpness
Softening the edges of a subject.
File number
Selecting how files are named.
Beep sound
Setting the camera warning beep sound on or
off.
Retaining settings in memory even after the
Settings
power is turned off. (Works with settings
marked with
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Purpose
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Settings after power is turned off
Certain settings selected on the shooting menu remain in memory even
after the power is turned off, while others automatically return to the
default settings.
The chart below shows the available settings from this menu:
Item
Exposure
+2.0 +1.5 +1.0 +0.5 (0) –0.5 –1.0 –1.5 –2.0
compensation
Spot metering
(
)
mode
Record mode
SHQ-TIFF SHQ (HQ) SQ-HIGH SQ
selection
White balance
(AUTO)
ISO
(AUTO) 100 200 400
Drive
(SINGLE) SEQUENCE
Sharpness
(NORMAL) SOFT
File number
(AUTO FILE) NAME RESET
Beep sound
(ON) OFF
Settings
(RESET) HOLD
*The initial setting is indicated in parentheses.
The icons in the "Memory" box are designated as follows:
The setting remains until it is changed.
The setting remains in the camera memory only when setting in the
shooting menu is set to HOLD. Removing the batteries, however,
will cause the setting to return to the default.
– The setting returns to the default when the power is turned off.
CAUTION
• If the batteries are removed and left out of the camera, or if the batteries
run down, the settings will return to their defaults.
Settings
Memory
—
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