or button to select an option. • You can confirm the effect of the setting in the LCD monitor. • You can shoot right after selecting an option. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. This setting cannot be adjusted when the (Sepia) or (B/W) photo effects are selected. Changing the Photo Effect By setting a photo effect before you shoot, you can change the look and feel of the pictures you take. Shooting Photo Effect Off Records with no effect. Vivid Emphasizes the contrast and color saturation to record bold colors. Neutral Tones down the contrast and color saturation to record neutral hues. Low Sharpening Records subjects with softened outlines. Sepia Records in sepia tones. B/W Records in black and white. 1 In Shooting Mode Slide the mode switch to (Shooting) and select , , , or from the FUNC. menu. See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 53). In Movie Mode Slide the mode switch to (Movie). * 2 In the FUNC. menu, select . See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 45). * The current setting is displayed. 81 3 Use the 4 Press the SET/FUNC. button. The display will return to the Shooting screen. or button to select an effect. • You can confirm the photo effect in the LCD monitor. • You can shoot right after selecting an option. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. Adjusting the ISO Speed Raise the ISO speed when you wish to reduce camera shake or turn the flash off when shooting in a dark area, or use a fast shutter speed. Shooting 3 Use the1 Slide the mode switch to (Shooting) and select , or from the FUNC. menu. See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 53). * 2 In the FUNC. menu, select . See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 45). * The current setting is displayed. or button to select a speed. You can shoot right after selecting an option. The menu displays again after the shot, allowing you to change the settings easily. 4 Press the SET/FUNC. button. The display will return to the Shooting screen. • Higher ISO speeds increase image noise. To take clean images, use as low an ISO speed as possible. • The AUTO setting selects the optimal speed. It will automatically raise the speed when the light from the flash is insufficient to illuminate the subject matter. 83 ISO Speed The ISO speed is the numeric representation of the camera’s sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO speed, the higher the sensitivity. A high ISO speed allows you to shoot images in dark indoor or outdoor conditions without a flash and also helps prevent blurred images due to camera shake. This is convenient when shooting images in places where flash photography is prohibited. The ISO speed setting makes full use of the available light, resulting in images that convey the feel of the place they were shot. ISO 50 equivalent ISO 400 equivalent Resetting the File Number The images you shoot are automatically assigned a file number. You can set whether or not the file numbers of a new SD card consecutively follow the file numbers on the previous SD card. On The file number is reset to the start (100-0001) each time a new SD card is inserted. New images recorded on SD cards with existing files are assigned the next available number. Off The file number of the last image to be shot is memorized so that images recorded to a new SD card start from the next number. 1 Slide the mode switch to (Shooting), (Movie) or (Playback). 2 In the (Set up) menu, select . See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 45). 3 Use the or button to select [On] or [Off] and press the MENU button. The display will return to the Shooting screen. Shooting 85 Setting the File No. Reset to [Off] is useful for avoiding file name duplication when images are downloaded to a computer. About File Numbers and Folder Numbers Images are assigned file numbers from 0001 to 9900, and folders are assigned folder numbers from 100 to 998 (Folder numbers cannot contain 99 in the last two digits). Folder numbers cannot contain 99 in the last two digits Folder File Capacity Each folder usually contains up to 100 images. However, since images shot in continuous shooting and stitch assist are always saved into the same folder, a folder may contain more than 100 images. The number of images may also exceed 100 if a folder contains images copied from a computer or images shot with other cameras. Please note, however, that the images in folders containing 2001 or more images cannot be played back in this camera. Playback Playback Displaying Images Individually 1 Slide the mode switch to (Playback). The last recorded image will appear in the display (single image playback). 2 Use the or button to move between the images. Use the button to move to the previous image and the button to move the next image. Holding the button down advances the images more rapidly, but the images will not appear as clearly. 87 Magnifying Images 1 Slide the mode switch to (Playback). 2 Press the button. appears on the monitor, indicating you can furthe...