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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. P will appear in the display.

Q If the subject is outside the metering range of the camera, the shutter speed and aperture displays will show “– – –”.

Aperture mode switch

Program Shift

If desired, you can rotate the front command dial to select 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 (P79), or the sensitivity dial is rotated to A (P50). To cancel program shift, turn the camera off.

Shutter speed

Aperture

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