Exposure mode

This Capture menu option allows you to override the automatic exposure settings on the camera. The Exposure Mode setting determines how the camera selects the aperture and shutter speed for the given scene brightness.

The default Exposure Mode setting is Auto. The Exposure Mode setting resets to Auto when you turn the camera off.

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Setting

Description

None

Auto

Camera automatically selects an aperture

 

 

and shutter speed

 

 

 

 

Action

Camera biases toward faster shutter

 

 

speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop

 

 

action

 

 

 

 

Landscape

Camera biases toward smaller apertures

 

 

and lower ISO speeds for better depth of

 

 

focus and quality

 

 

 

 

Portrait

Camera biases toward wider apertures to

 

 

blur the background and uses lower

 

 

contrast for professional-looking portraits

 

 

 

Av

Aperture

You select a specific aperture value in

 

Priority

Live View, then the camera selects the

 

 

appropriate shutter speed

 

 

 

Tv

Shutter

You select a specific shutter speed in

 

Priority

Live View, then the camera selects the

 

 

appropriate aperture value

 

 

 

When you set Exposure Mode to Action, Landscape, or Portrait, the ISO Speed menu option is grayed-out.

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