Manual shooting

Allows you to set the aperture and shutter speed manually. You can check how much it differs from the appropriate exposure by using the exposure level indicator. This mode gives you more creative control, allowing you to make whatever settings you like, regardless of the correct exposure.

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Exposure

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While holding down the MODE button, turn the

 

main dial to set the shooting mode to M. Turn the

MODE button

dials to set the aperture value and the shutter

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speed.

 

Aperture value: Turn the main dial

Shutter speed: Turn the sub dial to

to set the value.

set the value.

•The range of aperture values available varies with the lens type.•The shutter speed can be set from 1/8000 to 60 seconds.

•In Mmode the exposure level indicator will appear on the super control panel screen. It shows the difference (ranging from -3 EV to +3 EV) between the exposure value calculated by the currently selected aperture and shutter speed and the exposure value considered optimum by the camera. If the difference exceeds ±3 EV, the entire indicator blinks.

Underexposure

Overexposure

Optimum exposure

Noise in images

During shooting at slow shutter speeds, noise may appear on-screen. These phenomena are caused when current is generated in those sections of the image pickup device that are not normally exposed to light, resulting in a rise in temperature in the image pickup device or image pickup device drive circuit. This can also occur when shooting with a high ISO setting in a high-temperature environment. To reduce this noise, the camera activates the noise reduction function.

g“Noise reduction” (P. 72)