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60 Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects
Setting the Aperture
When you set the aperture in the aperture-priority AE mode, the camera
automatically selects a shutter speed to match the brightness. Selecting a lower
aperture value (opening the aperture) allows you to fade the background and
create a beautiful portrait. A higher aperture value (closing it) brings the entire
range from foreground to background into focus. The larger the aperture value,
the greater the range of the image brought into clear focus.
1
Turn the mode dial to .
• The aperture setting will show in the display
panel. It will also appear on the LCD monitor if
it is on.
2
Press the or arrow on the omni
selector to select a value.
3
Press the shutter button halfway to set
the focus.
• The correct exposure has been set if the shutter
speed and aperture settings do not blink in the
display panel.
4
Press the shutter button all the way to
shoot the image.
• F2.0 and F2.2 cannot be selected when the focal length has been set to the
maximum telephoto setting with the zoom lever.
• When an aperture between F2.0 and F7.1 is selected, the fastest shutter speed is
1/500 second. If an aperture of F8.0 is selected, the fastest shutter speed is 1/1000
second.
• If an incorrect exposure will result, the shutter speed will blink in the display panel
and show in red in the LCD monitor. Press the
or arrow on the omni
selector to change the aperture value.