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EXPOSURE
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Focus on the subject and set
the aperture.
Press the depth-of-field
preview button.
• The lens will stop down to the selected
aperture.
• Preview is cancelled when the depth-
of-field button is released.
Depth-of-field can be increased by :,
• Using smaller apertures.
• Using short focal length lenses.
• Moving farther away from your subject.
Depth-of-field Preview
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Custom Function Notes
Cust-6: Focus-hold button on Minolta lenses can be used for focus lock
(1), continuous-advance exposure bracketing (2) or depth-of field preview
(3) (p.110).
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To check how much of your scene will appear in focus, press the depth-
of-field preview button. The lens will stop down to the aperture that
appearing on the display.
• The viewfinder may appear dark at larger f-number (smaller lens
opening). The aperture is always at its brightest setting when looking
through the viewfinder; the aperture is stopped down during exposure.
• Do not turn the focusing ring while pressing the depth-of-field button.
• Changing the aperture while pressing the depth-of-field preview button,
does not affect the preview image. Depth of field can only be previewed
after the aperture is set.
• If you press the depth-of-field preview button after pressing the shutter-
release button partway down and glows in viewfinder, the shutter can
be released.
A MODE - APERTURE PRIORITY
While pressing the
function button , turn the
control dial until S appears
on the data panel.
In S mode, you select the shutter speed and the camera automatically
sets the aperture required for proper exposure. Use S mode when you
want to control the blur caused by subject movement or the stop the
motion of the subject.
Turn the function dial to .
S MODE – SHUTTER PRIORITY
Release the function button. Turn the control dial to
select the shutter speed.
• The shutter speed range is from 1/4000 to 30 seconds.
If the aperture display blinks,
the shutter speed is outside
the aperture range of the
lens. Turn the control dial
until the blinking stops.
Fractions of a second are
displayed without a
numerator. The number
125 displayed stands for
1/125th of a second.
“ indicates full
seconds. 2” is two
seconds.
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