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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu (A (Auto) Mode)

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E ISO Sensitivity

Sensitivity is a measure of the camera’s response to light. The higher the sensitivity, 
the less light is needed to expose an image. Although high ISO sensitivity settings 
are suited to pictures of moving subjects or those taken under dim lighting, high 
sensitivity settings are often associated with “noise” - randomly spaced, brightly 
colored pixels - concentrated in dark portions of the image.

At the settings other than Auto, the current setting is displayed in the monitor 
(

A 6). If Auto is selected and the sensitivity is raised above ISO 80, the E icon 

will be displayed (

A 31). When Fixed range auto is selected, U and the 

maximum value of ISO sensitivity is displayed.

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• There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that 

A 49) for more information.

• Motion detection (

A 135) does not function when any option other than Auto is selected in 

the ISO sensitivity setting.

A (auto) M d (Shooting menu) M E ISO sensitivity

Auto (default setting)

Sensitivity is ISO 80 when there is sufficient lighting, the camera compensates by 
raising sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 1600 when lighting is dim.

Fixed range auto

Choose the range in which the camera automatically adjusts ISO sensitivity, from 
ISO 80-400 (default setting) or ISO 80-800. The camera will not increase sensitivity 
beyond the maximum value in the selected range. Specify the maximum ISO 
sensitivity for effective control over the amount of “grain” that appears in images.

80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Sensitivity is locked at the specified value.