Shooting Using the Mode Dial 95

The nature of CCDs is such that noise in the recorded image increases at slow shutter speeds. This camera, however, applies special processing to images shot at shutter speeds slower than 1.3 seconds to eliminate the noise, thereby producing high-quality images (Nevertheless, a certain amount of processing time may be required before the next image can be shot).

zThe aperture value and shutter speed change according to the zoom state as follows.

 

Aperture Value

Shutter Speed (seconds)

 

f/2.8

15 to 1/1600

Maximum Wide Angle

f/3.2 – 3.5

15 to 1/2000

 

f/4.0 – 8.0*

15 to 1/2500

 

f/4.8

15 to 1/1600

Maximum Telephoto

f/5.6 – 6.3

15 to 1/2000

 

f/7.1 – 8.0*

15 to 1/2500

*Depending on the shooting conditions, the aperture value can increase to

f/11 in .

zThe fastest shutter speed for built-in flash synchronization is 1/500 second. The camera automatically resets the shutter speed to 1/500 second or slower, if a faster speed is selected.

Shutter Speed Display

zThe numbers in the table below indicate the shutter speed in seconds. 1/160 indicates 1/160 second. Also, quote marks indicate the decimal place, so that 0"3 indicates 0.3 second and 2" indicates 2 seconds.

15" 13" 10" 8" 6" 5" 4" 3"2 2"5 2" 1"6 1"3 1" 0"8 0"6 0"5 0"4 0"3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/8 1/10 1/13 1/15 1/20 1/25 1/30 1/40 1/50 1/60 1/80 1/100 1/125 1/160 1/200 1/250

1/320 1/400 1/500 1/640 1/800 1/1000 1/1250 1/1600 1/2000 1/2500

zYou can change the combinations of shutter speeds and aperture values without altering the exposure (p. 129).