Digital Camera User Manual

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You can minimize overexposed highlight areas.

Select [Highlight tone priority].

Under the [z3] tab, select

[Highlight tone priority], then press

<0>.

Select [Enable].

Turn the <5> dial to select [Enable],

then press <0>.

Highlight details are improved. The

dynamic range is expanded from the

standard 18% gray to bright

highlights. The gradation between the

grays and highlights becomes

smoother.

Take the picture.

The image will be recorded with

highlight tone priority applied.

3 Highlight Tone PriorityN

With [Enable], the Auto Lighting Optimizer (p.142) is automatically set to

[Disable] and the setting cannot be changed. When [Highlight tone

priority] is set to [Disable], the Auto Lighting Optimizer will revert to its

original setting.

With [Enable], image noise may increase slightly more than with

[Disable].

With [Enable], the settable range will be ISO 200 - 25600 (ISO 200 - 12800

for movie shooting). Also, the <A> icon will be displayed in the viewfinder

and on the LCD panel when highlight tone priority is enabled.