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Choosing an Exposure Mode

The camera offers a choice of program AE (P), shutter-priority AE (S), aperture-priority AE (A), and manual exposure (M) modes.

Program AE (P)

 

 

To allow the camera to adjust both shutter speed and aperture

 

 

for optimal exposure, set shutter speed and aperture to A (shut-

 

 

ter speed is set by rotating the shutter speed dial; for information

A

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on adjusting aperture, see the lens manual). P will appear in the display.

QIf the subject is outside the metering range of the camera, the shutter

speed and aperture displays will show “– – –”.

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Program Shift

 

If desired, you can press the selector left or right to other combinations of shutter

 

speed and aperture without altering exposure (program shift). The new values for

 

shutter speed and aperture are shown in yellow. Program shift is not available if

 

the attached flash supports TTL auto, AUTO is selected for UDYNAMIC RANGE

 

in the shooting menu (P70), or an auto option is selected for NISO in the shoot-

 

ing menu (P41). To cancel program shift, turn the camera off.

Shutter speed

 

Aperture

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