■Shooting with Aperture Priority AE (A Mode)

With aperture priority AE, you set the aperture and the camera sets the appropriate shutter speed automatically. A wider aperture (a lower aperture value) provides a shallow depth of field, while a narrow aperture (a higher aperture value) provides a greater depth of field. The difference between a wide and narrow aperture becomes apparent when shooting with optical zoom telephoto (page 69).

The following shows the ranges for the aperture setting you can configure in the A mode.

Wider Narrower

Aperture (Zoom at full wide angle)

1.Set the mode dial to “A”.

2.Press [SET] as many times as required to select the aperture

setting and then use [W] and [X] to set the aperture value you want.

•You can also use [SET] to select the EV shift setting and then specify an exposure value (EV shift), if you want.

A Mode

Aperture

EV shift

Focus

F3.4 F4.6/F9.2*

Narrow Wide

Range

*The camera has a built-in ND filter to limit exposure. F9.2 is the aperture when the ND filter is being used.

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