Picture Style Selection

Picture Style Characteristics

• Auto

  The color tone will be adjusted automatically to suit the scene. The colors will look vivid for blue skies, greenery and sunsets, particularly in nature, outdoor, and sunset scenes.

  Note

  • If the desired color tone is not obtained with [Auto], use another Picture Style.

• Standard

  The image looks vivid, sharp, and crisp. Suitable for most scenes.

• Portrait

  For smooth skin tones, with slightly less sharpness. Suited for close-up portraits.

  Skin tone can be adjusted by changing [Color tone] as described in Settings and Effects.

• Landscape

  For vivid blues and greens, and very sharp and crisp images. Effective for impressive landscapes.

• Fine Detail

  For detailed rendering of fine subject contours and subtle textures. The colors will be slightly vivid.

• Neutral

  For retouching later on a computer. Makes images subdued, with lower contrast and natural color tones.

• Faithful

  For retouching later on a computer. Faithfully reproduces the actual colors of subjects as measured in daylight with a color temperature of 5200K. Makes images subdued, with lower contrast.

• Monochrome

  Creates black-and-white images.

  Caution

  • Color images cannot be recovered from JPEG images shot with the [Monochrome] Picture Style.

  Note

  • is displayed on the top LCD panel when [Monochrome] is set. You can also set the camera to display in the viewfinder ().

• User Def. 1–3

  You can add a new style based on presets such as [Portrait] or [Landscape] or a Picture Style file, then adjust it as needed (). With any User Defined Picture Style that has not yet been registered, pictures will be taken with the same characteristics settings as with the default settings of [Standard].