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Lenses
Lenses with Aperture Rings
Lenses with Aperture Rings
At settings other than
A
, you
can adjust aperture by rotating
the lens aperture ring (expo-
sure modes
A
and
M
).
Aperture ring
A 16 11 8 5.6 4 2.8
A 16 11 8 5.6 4
The Aperture Mode Switch
The Aperture Mode Switch
If the lens has an aperture mode switch, aperture can
be adjusted manually by sliding the switch to
Z
and
rotating the aperture ring.
Aperture ring
Aperture mode switch
Lenses with No Aperture Rings
Lenses with No Aperture Rings
The method used to adjust aperture can be se-
lected using the
e
APERTURE SETTING
option
(
P
97) in the shooting menu. When an option
other than
AUTO
is selected, aperture can be ad-
justed using the command dial.
R
Selecting
S.S
for
h
BUTTON/DIAL SETTING
>
COMMAND DIAL SETTING
(
P
109) allows the
command dial to be used to choose the shut-
ter speed (
P
46, 48, 50, 98), the exposure time for
long time-exposures when the shutter-speed dial
is rotated to
T
(time) (
P
53), or, in program AE mode
(mode
P
), diff erent combinations of shutter speed
and aperture (program shift,
P
47).
R
Assigning
COMMAND DIAL SETTING
to a func-
tion button makes it easy to switch between shutter
speed and aperture (
P
45).
