Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture

You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to achieve a particular effect. This is convenient for shooting fireworks and other images where it is difficult to set the correct exposure automatically.

1

Turn the shooting mode dial to .

• The shutter speed and aperture value appears on the LCD

monitor if it is on.

2 Select a shutter speed using B or A on the multicontroller.

3 Select an aperture value using C or D on the multicontroller.

4 Shoot the image.

• When you press the shutter button halfway, a number indicating the difference between the standard exposure* and the selected exposure appears on the LCD monitor. If the difference is more than ±2 steps, “-2” or “+2” appears in red.

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

• Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 180)

• If you wish to change the exposure, adjust the shutter speed using B or A on the multicontroller, or adjust the aperture using C or D on the multicontroller.

•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 and

set the flash to (Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On) or (Flash On) the LCD monitor will always light up.

•For the correlation between aperture value and shutter speed, see page 70.

Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects

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