You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to shoot
images.
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When you press the shutter button halfway, the difference
between the standard exposure* and the selected exposure
appears on the LCD monitor. If the difference is more than ±2
stops, “–2” or “+2” appears in red.
* Standard exposure levels are calculated by measuring light according to
the currently selected metering mode.
Manually Setting the Shutter Speed
and Aperture
Shooting Mode
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If you wish to change the exposure, select shutter speed or
aperture using the
button, then adjust the value using
the
or
button.
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If the zoom is adjusted after these values are set, the
aperture value may change in accordance with the zoom
position.
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The LCD monitor’s brightness matches the selected shutter
speed and aperture value.
When you select a fast shutter speed or shoot a subject in a
dark place, the image will always be bright if the flash is set
to
(Flash on, with red-eye reduction) or
(Flash
on).
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For the correlation between aperture value and shutter
speed, see page 42.
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