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Manual exposure mode allows individual selection of shutter speeds and aper-
tures. This mode overrides the exposure system giving the photographer total con-
trol over the final exposure.
38 Advanced recording
Use the up/down keys of the controller to change the
shutter speed.
Manual (M) Exposure mode
The changes made to the exposure will be visible in the live image on the monitor. The monitor
shutter-speed and aperture display will turn red if the image is significantly underexposed or overex-
posed. If the monitor is black, increase the exposure until the image is visible; decrease the expo-
sure if the monitor is white. When the shutter-release button is pressed partway down, the bright-
ness of the live image may change while the camera focuses.
In manual exposure mode, the auto camera-sensitivity setting will fix the ISO value at 100. The
camera sensitivity can be changed in section 3 of the recording menu (p. 62). The flash mode can
be set to fill-flash, fill-flash with red-eye reduction, or slow sync. with red-eye reduction (p. 26), but
the live image will not reflect the flash exposure.
Use the left/right keys of the controller to change the
aperture.