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Shooting modes
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Setting-related modes
P
Program shooting
Allows you to take still pictures. The camera sets the aperture and shutter
speed. Other functions, such as flash modes and drive modes, can be
adjusted manually.
p
Aperture priority/Shutter priority/Manual shooting
When the mode dial is set to
p
, the following items can be set with the
menus.
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A
Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually. The camera sets the shutter
speed automatically. By decreasing the aperture value (F-number), the
camera will focus within a smaller range, producing a picture with a
blurred background. Increasing the value forces the camera to focus
over a wider range in the forward and backward directions, resulting in
increased “depth of field”, in which both the subject and the background
are in focus.
g
“Aperture priority shooting” (P.74)
Aperture (F-number) is
decreased.
Aperture (F-number) is
increased.