Nikon p5000 Mode D'Emploi

  

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Sensitivity is a measure of how quickly the camera reacts to light.  The higher the
sensitivity, the less light needed to make an exposure.  Much as film with a high
ISO rating tends to produce “grainy” images, high sensitivities may however be
associated with “noise”—randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixels concen-
trated in dark parts of the image.  Choose from values between ISO 64 and ISO
3,200.  Auto is equivalent to ISO 64 under normal conditions; when lighting is
poor and the flash is off, the camera compensates by raising ISO sensitivity to a
maximum of ISO 800 (note that ISO sensitivity is fixed at 64 in mode M).

The current ISO sensitivity is displayed in the monitor at settings other than
Auto (

B 4).  If Auto is selected, an ISO icon will be displayed when sensitivity is

raised above ISO 64.

n ISO Sensitivity

A

Image sizes over 2,592×1,944 (f ) are not available at ISO 3200 (

B 66).  If 3,648×2,736 (j),

3,648×2,432 (h), or 3,584×2,016 (9) is selected for Image size when ISO sensitivity is set
to 3200, Image size will automatically be set to 2,592×1,944 (f ).  The original image size
will be restored when a lower ISO sensitivity is selected.

When 3200 is selected for ISO sensitivity, image size is displayed in red and the slowest
shutter speed available is 2s.