Nikon COOLPIX S8100 S8100 User's Manual - Page 61

More on Shooting Changing A (Auto) Mode Settings (Shooting Menu) ISO Sensitivity A (auto) M d (Shooting menu) M ISO sensitivity When ISO sensitivity is increased, less light is needed when taking pictures. Higher ISO sensitivity allows darker subjects to be captured. Additionally, even with subjects of similar brightness, pictures can be taken at faster shutter speeds, and blurring caused by camera shake and subject movement can be reduced. • Although higher ISO sensitivity is effective when shooting darker subjects, shooting without the flash, shooting with the camera zoomed in, etc., images may contain noise. Auto (default setting) Sensitivity is ISO 160 when there is sufficient lighting; the camera compensates by raising sensitivity to a maximum of ISO 800 when lighting is dim. Fixed range auto Limits the ISO sensitivity to ISO 160-400 when the camera automatically adjusts ISO sensitivity. Set the maximum value for ISO sensitivity to 400 for effective control over the amount of "grain" that appears in images. 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 Sensitivity is locked at the specified value. The icon for the ISO sensitivity setting is displayed in the monitor (A 6). • When Auto is selected, the E icon is not displayed at ISO 160, but is displayed if the ISO sensitivity automatically increases to more than 160 (A 31). • When Fixed range auto is selected, U 400 is displayed. B Notes on ISO Sensitivity • This function cannot be used simultaneously with certain functions. See "Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously" (A 78) for more information. • Motion detection (A 168) does not function when the ISO sensitivity is set to any setting other than Auto. C ISO Sensitivity Settings This setting can be set by pressing the d button even when using continuous shooting mode (A 73). A (auto) mode and continuous shooting mode share the same ISO sensitivity setting. 49