Record menu
Pressing the MENU button while in one of the record modes displays the record menu over the live preview image. As many of the options which previously were on the cameras menu have now been moved to external button controls this menu appears much tidier than on older Cybershot digital cameras. In the captures below a black background was used for clarity.
White Balance
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Selects one of the four white balance settings: To use the one push white balance you simply aim the camera at a plain white surface in the scene and press the 4-way controller upwards, it will take a new white balance measurement at that point. |
ISO
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Selects one of four ISO sensitivity settings: |
Image Size
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Selects one of five image sizes: |
JPEG Image Quality
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Select the compression level for JPEG image format: |
Record Mode (Image Type)
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Select output image type: |
Flash Level
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Adjust the flash output power up or down a single level, this does not affect the exposure values (shutter speed / aperture) but simply controls the amount of power supplied to the flash. |
Picture Effect
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Allows you to select a picture effect to be applied to the image
after it's taken, the live preview changes to reflect the selected
picture effect: |
Sharpness
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Allows you to control the camera's internal sharpening algorithm +/- two levels, sharpening is normally applied by a digital camera after the CFA Bayer interpolation stage, this allows you to control the amount of sharpening applied. |
