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Basic Operations
Shooting with manual adjustment
Selects a luminous sensitivity with units of ISO. The larger the number, the higher the
sensitivity.
1 Select an ISO item with the wheel dial (page 35).
2 Press z on the control button.
ISO value turns yellow.
3 Select an ISO value with the wheel dial.
4 Press z.
• For details on the ISO sensitivity, see page 11.
• Note that the image tends to become noisier as the ISO sensitivity number increases.
• ISO is set automatically in the Scene Selection mode.
• When continuos shooting or exposure bracket is set, ISO can be selected only from Auto or from 80 to
400.
• When shooting under brighter conditions, the camera automatically increases its tone reproduction and
helps prevent images to become whitish (excluding when ISO is set to [ISO80]).
ISO: Selecting a luminous sensitivity
ISOAUTO (Auto)
Select a large number when shooting in dark location or
shooting a subject moving at high speed, or select a small
number to obtain high image quality.
ISO80
ISO100
ISO200
ISO400
ISO800
ISO1600
ISO3200
Low ISO sensitivity High ISO sensitivity
ISO value (yellow)