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Using the Mode Dial (Creative Zone)
You can freely select camera settings such as the shutter speed and
aperture value to suit your shooting purposes. After settings are made,
shooting procedures are the same as for Auto Mode (p. 33).
See page 184 for settings that can be changed in this mode.
How to Use the Mode Dial
1 Check that the camera is in Shooting mode.
z The power/mode indicator lights orange.
2 Turn the mode dial, select the function
you wish to use and shoot the image.
z
The camera operates in the following ways
according to the selected function:
z The shutter speed and aperture value will show on the LCD monitor (or
viewfinder). The correct exposure has been set if the shutter speed and
aperture value show in white on the LCD monitor (or viewfinder) when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
z The shutter speed and aperture value will show in red on the LCD
monitor (viewfinder) when the correct exposure cannot be obtained.
z In , or , the combinations of shutter speeds and aperture
values can be changed within the same exposure setting (p. 104).
Mode Dial
P
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed
and aperture value.
Tv
The user selects a shutter speed using the W or
X button.
Av
The user selects an aperture value using the W or
X button.
M
The user selects the shutter speed using the W or
X button and the aperture value using the S or
T button.
Shutter
Speed
Aperture
value