Cyber-shot User Guide
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Top page > Shooting > Setting still image shooting mode > Manual Exposure Shooting
Manual Exposure Shooting
You can shoot at your favorite exposure by manually setting the shutter speed and aperture value.
1.Set the mode dial to 
(Manual Exposure Shooting).
2.Press 
on the control wheel to select the shutter speed, aperture (F value), focus or ISO speed.
Each time you press the center of the control wheel, the item to be set will change.
When you want to set the focus, you can also select MENU 
[Focus] and select 
(Flexible Spot AF), 
(Semi Manual) or 
(Manual Focus).
3.Turn the control wheel to select a value.
Control wheel Feature
Moving items
Shutter speed, aperture (F value), focus or ISO speed settings
Select a shutter speed from 1/1600 seconds to 30 seconds.
When zoom is set fully to W, you can select an aperture of F2.4 or F7.1 (when used with the Internal ND (Neutral Density) Filter).
When zoom is set fully to T, you can select an aperture of F5.9 or F18 (when used with the Internal ND (Neutral Density) Filter).
4.Press the shutter button to shoot the image.
Setting the shutter speed and aperture (F value)
The difference between the settings and proper exposure judged by the camera appears as an EV value on screen.
A:Shutter speed/aperture (F value)
B:EV value
0EV is the value judged as the most suitable by the camera.
When the shutter speed is one second or slower, the shutter speed is indicated by [”], for example, [1”].
When you set the shutter speed slower, using a tripod is recommended to prevent the effects of vibration.
When the shutter speed becomes slower than a certain speed, the NR slow shutter function
is activated automatically to reduce image noise, and 
appears on the screen.
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