Still Photo Shooting

Creative Filter Characteristics

• Grainy B/W

  Makes the image grainy and black and white. By adjusting the contrast, you can change the black-and-white effect.

• Soft focus

  Gives the image a soft look. By adjusting the blur, you can change the degree of softness.

• Fish-eye effect

  Gives the effect of a fish-eye lens. The image will have barrel distortion.

  Depending on the level of this filter effect, the area trimmed along the periphery of the image changes. Also, because this filter effect magnifies the center of the image, the apparent resolution at the center may degrade depending on the number of recorded pixels, so set the filter effect while checking the resulting image. One AF point is used, fixed at the center.

• Water painting effect

  Makes the photo look like a watercolor painting with soft colors. By adjusting the effect, you can change the color density. Note that night scenes or dark scenes may not be rendered with a smooth gradation and may look uneven or noisy.

• Toy camera effect

  Shifts colors to those typical of toy cameras and darkens the four corners of the image. Color tone options can be used to change the color cast.

• Miniature effect

  Creates a diorama effect.

  Shooting under the default setting will keep the center looking sharp.

  To move the area that looks sharp (the scene frame), see “Adjusting the Miniature Effect” ().

  [AF area] is set to [1-point AF]. Shooting with the AF point and scene frame aligned is recommended.

• HDR art standard

  Photos retain more detail in highlights and shadows. With reduced contrast and flatter gradation, the finish resembles a painting. The subject outlines will have bright (or dark) edges.

• HDR art vivid

  Colors are more saturated than with [HDR art standard], and the low contrast and flat gradation resemble graphic art.

• HDR art bold

  The colors are the most saturated, making the subject pop out, and the picture looks like an oil painting.

• HDR art embossed

  The color saturation, brightness, contrast and gradation are decreased to make the picture look flat, so that the picture looks faded and old. The subject outlines will have intensely bright (or dark) edges.