87The Shooting MenuSensitivitySensitivity is a measure of how sensitive the camera re-acts to light. With Auto (default setting), ISO sensitiv-ity automatically increases at low brightness. SettingISO sensitivity at a high level is effective in preventingblur when Speedlight is disabled in dark settings or making the subject appearbrighter. However, the image may contain “noise” or become “grainy.”Select from the following five levels and press .Noise ReductionWhen raising sensitivity, “noise” in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly colored pix-els may appear in pictures. In this case, noise in pictures taken at slow shutter speedswill be reduced automatically when Noise reduction ( 95) is On.AutoUnless the setting is Auto, a selected ISO value is dis-played in the monitor whenever sensitivity is raised. Anicon will appear at Auto setting when the camera hasautomatically changed sensitivity.Press MENU button in (auto shooting) mode toselect Sensitivity ( 74), and then press .Option DescriptionAuto(default set-ting)Approximately equivalent to ISO 64 under normal condi-tions; when lighting is poor, however, camera automaticallycompensates by raising sensitivity to maximum of ISO 200equivalent.64 Approximately equivalent to ISO 64.100 Approximately equivalent to ISO 100.200 Approximately equivalent to ISO 200.400 Approximately equivalent to ISO 400. Intended for use withnatural lighting; not recommended when using flash.
