A MODE - APERTURE PRIORITY

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Release the function button.

Turn the control dial to select

 

the aperture.

• If 2000 or 30” blinks on the data panel, the aperture setting is beyond the camera’s shutter speed range. Turn the control dial until the shutter-speed display stops blinking.

•To return to P mode, repeat step 1 and 2 until P appears on the data panel.

•To return to P mode and fully-automatic operation, press the program-reset button.(p. 30)

Flash with A Mode

In A mode, flash will not fire automatically. When you want to use flash, pop-up the built-in flash or attach an accessory flash.

Press the flash-mode button to pop-up the built-in flash.

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will appear on the data panel.

 

 

• The shutter speed will be set to 1/90

 

 

 

or slower.

 

 

• If 90 blinks in the viewfinder and on

 

 

 

the data panel, the light level is too

 

 

 

bright for the selected aperture. Turn

 

 

 

the control dial to change the aperture

 

 

 

until the blinking stops or cancel the

 

 

 

flash.

CREATIVE

EXPOSURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•A smaller aperture (larger f-number) will result in a shorter flash range. Refer to flash range (p.36) to determine the range of the built-in flash at the selected aperture. The use of very small apertures (large f numbers) is not recommended.

•The will blink in the viewfinder after the picture is taken to confirm the flash exposure.

Canceling the Flash

Push the built-in flash down or turn the accessory flash off.

• will be displayed on the data panel.

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