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Exposure
Choosing a Shooting Mode
To choose a shooting mode, hold the
I
button and rotate the main
command dial. The selected option is shown in the shooting display
and control panel.
Exposure
Mode
Description
P
Programmed
auto (
Use for snapshots and in other situations in
which there is little time to adjust camera
settings. The camera chooses both shutter
speed and aperture automatically.
S
Shutter-
priority auto
(
)
Use to freeze or blur motion. You choose the
shutter speed; the camera adjusts aperture
automatically.
A
Aperture-
priority auto
(
)
Use to blur backgrounds or bring both
foreground and background into focus. You
choose the aperture; the camera adjusts
shutter speed automatically.
M
Manual (
)
You control both shutter speed and aperture.
Choose a shutter speed of “Bulb” or “Time” for
long time-exposures.
