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Manual exposure mode allows individual selection of shutter speeds and
apertures. This mode overrides the exposure system giving the
photographer total control over the final exposure.
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DVANCED 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 when the shutter-release button
is pressed partway down if the image is significantly underexposed or overexposed. If the
monitor is black, increase the exposure until the image is visible; decrease the exposure
if the monitor is white.
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. 64).
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.
The camera-shake warning (p. 27) does not appear in M mode. IIf a slow shutter speed
is selected, noise-reduction processing is applied to the image; a message may appear
during processing. See page 39 for more on noise reduction.
Use the left/right keys of the controller to change the
aperture.