Operation Manual

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f: Shutter-Priority Auto
In shutter-priority auto, you choose the shutter speed while the
camera automatically selects the aperture that will produce the
optimal exposure.
To take photographs in shutter-priority auto:
1 Select exposure
mode f.
Press the I button
and rotate the main
command dial until f is
displayed in the
viewfinder and top
control panel.
2 Choose a shutter speed.
Rotate the main command dial while the
exposure meters are on to choose a
shutter speed. Shutter speed can be set to
“
p ” or to values between 30 s ( q ) and
1
/ 8,000 s ( o ).
Use slow shutter speeds to suggest motion by blurring moving
objects, fast shutter speeds to “freeze” motion.
Shutter speed can be locked at the selected setting (0 130).
3 Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.
Fast shutter speed (
1
/1,600 s) Slow shutter speed (
1
/6 s)
I button
Main command dial
SHOOT
CUSTOM