Setting the Exposure for Shooting (A, B, C, D Modes)

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C(Aperture-Priority Auto) Mode

Set the aperture value and shoot pictures.

1 Rotate the mode dial to C.

2 Rotate the command dial to choose the aperture value (f/-number).

• When the camera is zoomed all the way

 

 

out, aperture can be set to values between

 

 

f/2.8 and f/8.0; at maximum zoom, aperture

 

 

can be set to values between f/5.0 and f/

1/250 F5.6

17

8.0.

 

 

3 Focus and shoot.

• At the default setting, the camera automatically selects the focus area (one of nine) containing the subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in focus, the focus area (active focus area) glows green (maximum of nine areas) (A90).

BC(Aperture-Priority Auto) Mode

If the selected aperture would result in the picture being over- or underexposed, the aperture display will flash when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. Choose another aperture value and try again.

BNotes on Shutter Speed

•When the ISO sensitivity (A84) is ISO 800, the slowest shutter speed is restricted to four seconds, when ISO 1600, restricted to two seconds, and when ISO 3200, restricted to one second.

•When Multi-shot 16 is selected for the Continuous setting (A86), the slowest shutter speed is restricted to 1/30 second.

DAperture and Zoom

Aperture is expressed as an f-number, which is the ratio of the focal length of the lens to the effective diameter of the opening (aperture) through which light enters the camera. Large apertures (expressed by small f-numbers) let more light into the camera, and small apertures (large f-numbers) let less light. This camera has a lens with a focal length of 4.6-120 mm and an aperture of f/2.8 to f/5. When the camera is zoomed out, the f-number decreases. When the camera is zoomed in, the f-number

70increases.