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

D(Manual) Mode

The user controls both the shutter speed and aperture value.

•The shutter speed can be set in a range from a maximum speed of 1/4000 to 60 seconds.

1 Rotate the mode dial to D.

2 Rotate the command dial to choose a shutter speed value.

•At shutter speeds of 1/4 second or slower, the shutter speed indicator turns red (A63).

•When adjusting the aperture value or shutter speed, the degree of deviation from the exposure value measured by the camera is displayed in the exposure indicator.

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

The display on the right shows that the picture will be overexposed by 1 EV (+1).

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Exposure indicator

+3 Overexposed

+0

-3Underexposed

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3 Rotate the rotary multi selector to choose an aperture value.

• Repeat steps 2 to 3 to modify shutter speed and aperture value settings until the desired exposure is achieved.

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