Setting the Exposure for Shooting (A, B, C, DModes)

D(Manual) Mode

Set the shutter speed and aperture value, and shoot pictures.

1 Rotate the mode dial to D.

2 Press the multi selector Kto activate the shutter speed setting.

• The active setting switches between shutter speed and aperture each time the multi selector Kis pressed.

• At shutter speeds of 1/4 second or slower, the shutter

 

 

speed indicator turns red (A69).

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3 Rotate the command dial to choose the shutter speed value between 1/2000 second and eight seconds.

•When adjusting aperture or shutter speed, the degree of deviation from the exposure value measured by the camera is displayed for a few seconds in the exposure display.

•The degree of deviation in the exposure display is shown in EVs (–2 to +2 EV in increments of 1/3 EV).

A display similar to that illustrated at right indicates that the picture will be overexposed by 1 EV (+1).

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➝Overexposed Underexposed ➝

+2 +0 -2

+1 -1

Exposure display

4 Press the multi selector Kto activate the aperture setting.

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