Mode S (Shutter-Priority Auto)

In shutter-priority auto, you choose the shutter speed while the camera automatically selects the aperture that will produce the optimal exposure. Use slow shutter speeds to suggest motion by blurring moving subjects, fast shutter speeds to “freeze” motion.

Fast shutter speed (1/1,600 s)

Slow shutter speed (1 s)

To take photographs in shutter-priority auto:

1 Rotate the mode dial to S.

Mode dial

2Choose a shutter speed.

Shutter speed is shown in the viewfinder and information display. Rotate the command dial to choose the desired shutter speed from values between 30 s and 1/4,000 s.

t

Command dial

3Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.

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