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3.4.1 Other Focus Area Choices .......................................................... 77
3.4.2 Focusing Modes ......................................................................... 79
3.5 ISO ............................................................................................. 81
3.5.1 High ISO Noise Levels ................................................................. 83
3.5.2 Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (MFNR) ....................................... 83
3.5.3 AUTO ISO Settings ..................................................................... 85
3.5.4 Specifying Auto ISO Boundaries ................................................. 86
3.5.5 Less-than-100 ISO Values .......................................................... 86
3.6 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT PLAYBACK MODE ............. 87
3.7 CONFIGURING THE DISPLAY ............................................................. 88
3.8 FLASH .......................................................................................... 90
3.9 THE PANORAMA MODE ................................................................... 90
3.10 BATTERIES ..................................................................................... 93
3.10.1 The Other Battery .................................................................. 95
3.11 THE “C” BUTTON ........................................................................... 96
3.12 LENSES ......................................................................................... 96
3.12.1 Some Essential Lens History .................................................. 97
3.12.2 Crop Factor ............................................................................ 99
3.12.3 Sony and Minolta Lens Nomenclature ................................ 101
3.12.4 Frequently Asked Questions about Lenses .......................... 104
3.12.5 Can an Old Lens Track A Fast-Moving Object? .................... 106

CHAPTER 4 WI-FI AND NFC .................................................................... 109
4.1 WHAT IS NFC? ............................................................................ 109
4.2 SETTING THINGS UP – WI-FI DOWNLOAD ......................................... 110
4.2.1 Configuring PlayMemories Home ............................................ 113
4.2.2 Initiate your Download ............................................................ 115
4.2.3 Throughput Rates .................................................................... 116
4.3 SETTING THINGS UP – SMARTPHONE FUNCTIONS ............................... 117
4.3.1 Install PlayMemories Mobile ................................................... 117
4.3.2 Transferring an Image To your Smartphone............................ 117
4.3.3 Configuring NFC on your Smartphone ..................................... 118
4.4 NOW WHAT? .............................................................................. 119
4.4.1 Send (resized) images to your smartphone for social Media ... 119
4.4.2 Remote Control with Viewfinder ............................................. 121
CHAPTER 5 THE “RECORDING” (CAMERA ICON) MENU SETTINGS ......... 127

5.1 IMAGE SIZE ................................................................................. 127
5.2 ASPECT RATIO.............................................................................. 129
5.3 QUALITY ..................................................................................... 130
5.4 PANORAMA (SIZE AND DIRECTION) .................................................. 132
5.5 (MOVIE) FILE FORMAT .................................................................. 138