Canon S50 manual Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture, Monitor if it is on

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.

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Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects