3.
Programmed AE mode warning and aperture setting. (Table
C,
Unlike other program cameras, CHINON DP-5 camera accepts any existing "K" mount lens
even in the program mode. Generally, you should set the aperture at its minimum setting
(largest number on f-stop aperture ring). Although you can take a perfectly exposed picture at
any aperture setting, the applicable programmed range is limited in this connection, thus the
program AE mode warning LED is useful to check the lens aperture setting for program mode.
The programmed AE Mode warning "PROG" LED will "flicker" when the lens aperture is within
four stops of the full opening aperture. Set the aperture within the range so that the warning
LED will not "flicker". Follow your own photographic needs; however, in such a case for
instance, using the 50mm f 1.4 lens with its f/stop set at 5.6, the camera is controlled by the
program characteristics of ft 1.4 through f/5.6, beyond f/5.6, the camera is controlled by the
aperture priority automatic exposure mode (See table C).
9. AE (AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE) PHOTOGRAPHY
Operating in the "A" setting, you select the aperture (f-stop on the aperture ring) and the
camera will automatically select the appropriate shutter speed. After you have set the
Exposure Mode Select Dial to "A" and the aperture ring to the desired f-stop, your CHINON
DP-5 camera will automatically select the appropriate stepless shutter speed from 8 sec. to a
fast 1/1000 sec. "A" mode is convenient for taking pictures at specify aperture settings based
