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contents Sample photo Menu Index
Shutter Priority
You can express the movement of a moving subject in various ways by adjusting the
shutter speed, for example, at the instant of the movement with high speed shutter, or as
a trailing image with low speed shutter. You can adjust the shutter speed also during
movie recording.

1Set the shooting mode to [Shutter Priority].

2Select the desired value with the control dial.

3Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
The aperture is automatically adjusted to obtain proper exposure.
• Yo u cannot select [Flash Off] and [Autoflash] in [Fl ash Mode]. When you want to fire the flash, raise the
flash. When you do not fire the flash, push down the flash.
• The (SteadyShot warning) indicator does not appear in shutter speed priority mode.
• When the shutter speed is 1 second or more, noise reduction (Long Exposure NR) will be done for the
same amount of time that the shutter was open after shooting. However, you cannot shoot any more while
noise reduction is in progress.
• If pr oper exposure cannot be obtained after setup, t he aperture value on the shooting screen blinks.
Although you can shoot as it is, resetting is recommended.
• The brightness of the image on the LCD screen may differ fro m the actual image being shot.
• Wh en using an A-mount lens (sold se parately), you can adjust the shut ter speed when focusing manually
during movie recording.
Notes

zShutter speed

When a faster shutter speed is used, a moving subject such as a
running person, cars, and sea spray appears as if they are
stopped.
When a slower shutter speed is used, a trailing image of the
movement of the subject is captured to make more natural and
dynamic image.