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 Improving your shooting skills
Changing saturation
There may be times when you cannot reproduce the desired color even when using white 
balance or exposure compensation. In this case, you can change the [SATURATION] setting 
to achieve the desired color. The [SATURATION] setting includes two levels of high and low 
settings. When the setting is high, a vivid color is used.
g“Aperture priority shooting” (P. 41), “Shutter priority shooting” (P. 42), “Changing the 
metering mode” (P. 45), “Exposure compensation” (P. 46), “Selecting the white 
balance” (P. 62), “[SATURATION] : Vividness of the color” (P. 67)
Taking flower pictures
The proper method for taking pictures of flowers differs depending on whether you want to 
capture, for example, a single flower, a field of blooming flowers, a deep red rose, or the light 
color of a sweet pea.
Changing the AF sensitivity
You can narrow the range of focus, for example, so as to focus on a single flower petal or 
focus on a single flower in a field of flowers.
The default setting enables the camera to focus on an area larger than the selected AF 
target, but depending on the [AF SENSITIVITY] setting, the camera may focus only on the 
selected AF target.
Changing white balance
There are many colors of flowers ranging from light to vivid 
ones. Depending on the colors of the flowers, subtle color 
shades may not be captured as seen. In this case, you can 
check the light conditions and change the white balance 
setting. At [AUTO], the camera automatically determines 
the type of light and shoots using the proper white balance. 
However, you can bring out subtle color shades more 
effectively by changing the setting according to shooting 
conditions, such as by using [
55300K] for sunny days 
and [
27500K] for outdoor shaded areas on sunny days.
Using exposure compensation
When shooting flowers against a background, select as 
simple a background as possible to bring out the shape and 
color of the flower. When shooting bright and whitish 
flowers, adjust the exposure compensation to – (minus) so 
that the flower stands out from the darker background.
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