Shooting – Advanced Functions

Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture

You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to shoot images. You can select settings such as a long exposure to suit your purpose. zWhen you press the shutter button halfway, the

difference between the standard exposure* and the selected exposure appears on the LCD monitor. If the difference is more than ±2 stops, “–2” or “+2” appears in red.

*The standard exposure is calculated by the AE function according to the selected metering method.

z See page 159 for settings that can be

changed in this mode.

z If you wish to change the exposure, select the shutter speed or the aperture with the SET button and change the value using the or button.

z If the zoom is adjusted after these values are set, the aperture value may change in accordance with the zoom position.

z The LCD monitor’s brightness matches the selected shutter speed and aperture value. When you select a fast shutter speed or shoot a subject in a dark place, the image will always be bright if the flash is set to (Flash On, with Red-eye Reduction) or (Flash On).

z For the correlation between aperture value and shutter speed, see page 78.

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