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Setting

Description

 

Tv

SHUTTER

Lets you select the shutter speed in Live View

 

PRIORITY

using the

buttons, while the camera

 

 

selects the appropriate aperture setting. This

 

 

allows you to create special effects using the

 

 

shutter speed (such as blurring the moving

 

 

water in a stream).

 

 

 

Av

APERTURE

Lets you select the aperture setting

 

PRIORITY

(F-number) in Live View using the

 

 

buttons, while the camera selects the

 

 

appropriate shutter speed. This allows you to

 

 

control the depth of field (for example to blur

 

 

the background).

 

 

 

 

2-second release priority

When the exposure mode is set to ACTION, you can take multiple pictures in rapid succession without having to wait for the camera to measure focus and exposure for each picture. Release and then re-press the Shutter button all the way down within 2 seconds after taking a picture, and the camera takes the next picture using the same focus and exposure measurements as the previous picture.

Noise Reduction for Long Exposures

At longer shutter speeds the camera will automatically take a second exposure with the shutter closed in order to measure and reduce the noise (grainy look) in the image. In these cases, the exposure will seem to take twice as long as expected. For example, in a 1-second exposure, the active display will stay dark for 2 seconds until the noise reduction frame is exposed. This means that at longer shutter speeds, you may not be able to take quite as many shots back-to-back.

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