A APERTURE PRIORITY AE

After you set the aperture value you desire, the camera will determine the appropriate shutter speed. If you select smaller apertures, depth of field will be greater. The larger apertures tend to blur the background, as depth of field will be shallower.

1

Set the “D”-Dial to “Drive–Area” (P.14).

2

Set the “Mode” –Selector to A position

3

Press the shutter button “Half-Way” to verify the focus, and select the desired aperture value by turning the “C” –Dial.

4

Verify the setting in the viewfinder.

If the appropriate shutter speed is out of the range of suitable combinations due to the subject being too bright or too dark, the shutter speed indicator will blink. If the subject is too bright, set the aperture value to a smaller one (larger F-number), or if the subject is too dark, set the aperture value to a larger one (smaller F-number) until the indicator stops blinking.

CAUTION!!

￿The range of available slow shutter speeds varies depending on the ISO setting (P.52). At ISO 100, shutters speeds up to 15 sec. can be used. At ISO 200 and 400, shutter speeds up to 1 sec. can be used.

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