Exposure

The procedure for shooting images at the desired brightness (exposure) by adjusting the shutter speed or aperture value is called “determine exposure”. The sense of dynamism and amount of background defocus in images to be shot vary depending on the combinations of shutter speed and aperture value even if the exposure is the same.

Adjusting the Shutter Speed

Features Shooting

Faster 1/1000 s

Slower 1/30 s

Adjusting the Aperture Value

Larger aperture (Small f-number)

Smaller aperture (Large f-number)

f/3.7

f/8

C The Control Range of the Shutter Speed

The control range of the shutter speed differs depending on the zoom position, aperture, or the ISO sensitivity setting.

C Aperture Value (F-number) and Zoom

Large apertures (expressed by small f­numbers) let more light into the camera, and small apertures (large f-numbers) let less light.

The aperture value of the zoom lens of this camera changes depending on the zoom position.

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