α Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Introduction of functions
- Before use
- Functions list
- Preparing the camera
- Shooting and viewing images
- Selecting a shooting mode
- Switching the recording information display
- Adjusting the focus
- Adjusting the brightness of the image
- Using the drive mode
- Advanced shooting
- Using the flash (sold separately)
- Flash modes available
- Flash Compensation
- Flash control
- FEL lock
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Setting the image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Setting image size
- Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
- Detecting faces
- Smile Shutter
- Zooming
- Reducing the noise in an image
- Setting the color space
- Movie recording setup
- Advanced playback
- Setup of the camera
- Viewing images on a computer
- Troubleshooting/Others
- Index
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Selecting a shooting mode
Selecting a shooting mode
Note
• The (Camera shake warning) indicator does not appear in manual exposure
mode.
Manual shift
You can change the shutter speed and aperture value combination without
changing the exposure you set.
3 Shoot the image after the
exposure is set.
• When the ISO sensitivity is set to
[AUTO], check the exposure value
using Metered Manual*.
Toward +: Images become brighter.
Toward –: Images become darker.
* When the camera is in M mode, it will
show an under or over compensation
value based on the correct exposure. It
is displayed as a number on the LCD
screen, and it is displayed on the EV
scale in the viewfinder.
LCD screen
Metered Manual
The screen in the viewfinder
Metered Manual
Rotate the front or rear control dial while
pressing the AEL button to select the
shutter speed and aperture value
combination.
AEL button