Main command dial
g: Aperture-Priority Auto

In aperture-priority auto, you choose the aperture while the camera automatically selects the shutter speed that will produce the optimal exposure. To take photographs in aperture-priority auto:

1 Select exposure

Ibutton

mode g.

 

Press the Ibutton and rotate the main command dial until gis displayed in the viewfinder and top control panel.

2Choose an aperture.

Rotate the sub-

 

 

command dial while the

 

 

exposure meters are on

SHOOT

Z

to choose an aperture

CUSTOM

from values between

Sub-command dial

 

the minimum and

 

 

maximum for the lens. Small apertures (high f-numbers) increase depth of field (see page 119), bringing both foreground and background into focus. Large apertures (low f-numbers) soften background details in portraits or other compositions that emphasize the main subject.

Small aperture (f/36)

Large aperture (f/2.8)

Aperture can be locked at the selected setting (0 131).

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