Application (Record)
Taking pictures by setting the aperture
value [Aperture-Priority] Mode
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When recording, you can control the aperture value to meet your recording purposes.
Shutter speed is automatically adjusted to be appropriate for the set aperture value.
• About recording modes (→48)
●The aperture ring rotates only within the range of the printed indicators.
●Since the maximum aperture value changes in accordance with the zoom setting, the
printed indication on the aperture ring and the actual aperture value may be different.
Refer to the exposure meter for the aperture value when you take a picture.
●When the picture is too bright or too dark or there is incorrect exposure, the numbers
for the aperture value and shutter speed are shown in red.
●LCD monitor brightness may vary from the actual still picture recorded.

Rotate the aperture ring to select

the aperture value

You can set the aperture values between
[1.4] and [8] in 1/3-stop increments.
(Set the aperture ring where it clicks.)
Exposure meter
• When the aperture value is increased, the
range of depth in focus expands, and the
picture shows up clearly from the position of
the camera to the background.
• When the aperture value is reduced, the
range of depth in focus shrinks, and the
background can get blurry.
About the exposure meter
Shutter speed
(Automatic adjustment)
Set aperture value
• Proper exposure is not
possible in the range
indicated in red.