Owner's Manual

P, 5, A, and M Modes
P, S, A, and Mmodes offer different degrees of control over shutter
speed and aperture.
See the Reference Manual (on CD) for more
information on each mode.
Mode Description
---r:a:r--------t-c-a-m-e-r-a-s-e--ts......-..,shutter speed and aperture fo-roptimal exposure
(user can rotate command dial
to choose from different
P Programmed auto combinations
of shutter speed and aperture that will produce
I optimal exposure). Recommended for snapshots and in other
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~ situations in which there is little time to adjust camera settings.
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User rotates command dial-io-choose shutter speed; camera
S Shutter-priority auto
i selects aperture for best results. Use to freeze or blur motion.
I User rotates command dial to choose apertu're; camera'selects---
A IAperture-priority auto shutter speed for best results. Use to blur background or bring
both foreground and background into focus.
I User rotates command dial to choose shutter speed, presses
I •
M Manual I@ (~) button and rotates command dial to choose aperture. Set
"_L-I ~_utte~~?eed to "Bulb" or "Time" for long time-exposures. _
,. Shutter Speed and Aperture
The same exposure can be achieved with different combinations of shutter speed and
aperture.
Fast shutter speeds and large apertures freeze moving objects and soften
background details, while slow shutter speeds and small apertures blur moving objects and
bring
out background details.
Shutterspeed lL----- Aperture
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Fast shutter speed
(I/1,600S)
Slow shutter speed
(15)
Large aperture (f/5.6) Small aperture (f/22)
(Remember, the
higher the (-number, the
smaller the aperture.)
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