Shooting Mode

3 Press the selector up or down to highlight ASHOOTING MODE.

SHOOTING MENU

 

SHOOTING MODE

 

PHOTOMETRY

 

WHITE BALANCE

AUTO

CONTINUOUS

OFF

AF MODE

 

SET - UP

 

4 Press the selector right to display shooting mode options.

5 Press the selector up or down to highlight an option (pp. 38–40).

6 Press MENU/OK to select the highlighted option.

Both modes give you control of exposure compensation (pg. 30), metering (pg. 68), white balance (pg. 69), and AF mode (pg. 72).

A APERTURE PRIORITY AE

In this mode, you choose the aperture while the camera adjusts shutter speed for optimal exposure.

Choose small apertures (large f-numbers) to bring objects behind and in front of the main subject (the crayon in the center of the illustration at left) into focus.

Choose large apertures (small f-numbers) to emphasize the main subject by blurring background and foreground objects.

To choose the aperture:

1Press the selector up.

Aperture will be highlighted in the monitor.

ISO 200

 

SETTING APERTURE

320

F4.5

12/3

38