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The Mode Dial
M
(Manual)
•
You control both shutter speed and aperture. Choose this
mode for long time-exposures of such subjects as fireworks or
the night sky (“Bulb” or “Time” photography,
•
Shutter speed and aperture can be adjusted with reference to
the exposure indicators by rotating the command dials.
•
Rotate the main command dial to
choose the shutter speed. Shutter
speed can be set to values between
1
/
8000
s and 30 s, to
“Bulb”
or
“Time”
,
or to x200.
•
Aperture can be adjusted by rotating
the sub-command dial.
•
The minimum and maximum values
for aperture vary with the lens.
•
Shutter speed and aperture can be
locked at the selected values (