Nikon Coolpix 5900 User Manual

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95The 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 ormaking the subject appear brighter. However, the im-age 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 ( 102) is On.SensitivityUnless 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 Button in (Auto shooting) mode to se-lect Sensitivity ( 81), and then press .Option DescriptionAuto(default set-ting)Approximately equivalent to ISO 50 (E7900)/ISO 64 (E5900)under normal conditions; when lighting is poor, however,camera automatically compensates by raising sensitivity tomaximum of ISO 200 equivalent.50(E7900 only)Approximately equivalent to ISO 50.64(E5900 only)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.10020040064AutoSENSITIVITYSENSITIVITYSENSITIVITYSENSITIVITYExitExit ConfirConfirmExitExit ConfirConfirm50 is displayed withE7900.[ 8](E5900)(E7900)