101Shooting Options: The Shooting MenuShooting, Playback and Setup MenusE ISO SensitivitySensitivity is a measure of how quickly the camera reacts to light. The higher thesensitivity, the less light needed to make an exposure. Although a high ISO ratingis suited for taking pictures of subjects in action or in poor lighting, high sensitivityis often associated with “noise” - randomly spaced, brightly colored pixelsconcentrated in dark parts 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 64, the E iconwill be displayed (A 29).C Notes on ISO 3200• When 3200 is selected for ISO sensitivity, the image mode mark on the screen will be displayedin red during shooting.• When ISO sensitivity is set to 3200, Image mode cannot be set to h 3648×2736,i 3648×2736, L 2592×1944, P 3584×2016, and s 2736×2736. At these image modesettings, selecting 3200 for ISO sensitivity automatically switches the Image mode setting toM 2048×1536. When any option other than 3200 is next selected for ISO sensitivity, theoriginal image size setting is restored.• At an ISO sensitivity setting of 3200, the Multi-shot 16 (A 99) option of the continuousshooting mode is not available. At a Continuous setting of Multi-shot 16, selecting 3200 forISO sensitivity switches the Continuous setting to Single. The Single setting does not changeeven when ISO sensitivity is set to options other than 3200.Auto (default setting)Sensitivity is ISO 64 under normal conditions; when lighting is poor and the flash isoff, the camera compensates by raising sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 800.64,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200Sensitivity will be locked at the specified value.
