Pentax Optio S12 User Manual

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Taking Pictures
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Sensitivity is a value indicating how much the image sensor senses light.
Low value equals low sensitivity, and high value equals high sensitivity.
Sensitivity can be adjusted according to the shooting situations.
Sensitivity
1 Press the MENU button in Capture mode.
The [A Rec.Mode] menu appears.
2 Use the four-way controller (23)
to select [Sensitivity].
Setting the Sensitivity
AUTO
AUTO 800 (64 - 800) is selected by default. (In Digital SR mode,
AUTO 1600 (64 - 1600) is selected by default.)
You can also set ISO Correction in AUTO to 64 - 100, 64 - 200, 64 - 400,
64 - 800 or 64 - 1600. (In Digital SR mode, 64 - 3200 is also selectable.)
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At lower sensitivity, images are sharper and noise is reduced, but the
shutter speed will be slower under dark conditions.
At higher sensitivity, the shutter speed will be higher, but image noise
will increase.
(In Digital SR mode, 3200 is also selectable.)
100
200
400
800
1600
Rec.Mode
MENU
Exit
Recorded Pixels
Quality Level
White Balance
AF Setting
AE Metering
Sensitivity
AWB
12M
AUTO 800
MENU
Shutter release
button
MENU button
Four-way
controller
AUTO 800
Rec.Mode
MENU
Exit
Recorded Pixels
Quality Level
White Balance
AF Setting
AE Metering
Sensitivity
AWB
12M

Pentax Optio S12 Specifications

General

Brand	Pentax
Model	Optio S12
Category	Digital Camera
Language	English