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A wider aperture (a lower aperture value) provides a shallow depth of field, while a narrow aperture (a higher aperture value) provides a greater depth of field. The difference between a wide and narrow aperture becomes apparent when shooting with optical zoom telephoto (page 69). The following shows the ranges for the aperture setting you can configure in the A mode. Aperture Wider Narrower (Zoom at full wide angle) F3.4 F4.6/F9.2* Focus Range Narrow Wide * The camera has a built-in ND filter to limit exposure. F9.2 is the aperture when the ND filter is being used. SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 84 1. Set the mode dial to “A”. 2. Press [SET] as many A Mode times as required to select the aperture setting and then use [..] and [..] to set the aperture value you want. • You can also use [SET] to select the EV shift setting Aperture and then specify an EV shift exposure value (EV shift), if you want. 3. Half-press the shutter button. The camera will focus the image in accordance with your setting. • The shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you half-press shutter button if the image is over-exposed or under-exposed. 4. When the image is focused, press the shutter button the rest of the way to shoot. SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 85 ¦ Shooting with Shutter Speed Priority AE (S mode) With shutter speed priority AE, you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the appropriate exposure value automatically. You can set the shutter speed that best matches how much your subject is moving. The following shows the ranges for the shutter speed setting you can configure in the S mode. Shutter Slower Faster Speed 60 seconds 1/800 second Movement Blurred Frozen NOTE • Shutter speed priority AE is performed as if the “ISO” setting (page 131) is “Auto”, regardless of the current “ISO” setting. 1. Set the mode dial to “S”. 2. Press [SET] as many S Mode times as required to select the shutter speed setting and then use [..] and [..] to set the speed you want. • You can also use [SET] to select the EV shift setting and then specify an exposure value (EV shift), if you want. Shutter Speed EV shift SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 86 3. Half-press the shutter button. The camera will focus the image in accordance with your setting. • The shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you half-press the shutter button if the image is over-exposed or under-exposed. 4. When the image is focused, press the shutter button the rest of the way to shoot. ¦ Shooting with Manual Exposure Settings (M mode) The following shows the ranges for the shutter speed and aperture settings you can configure in the M mode. Shutter Speed Slower Faster 60 seconds 1/800 second Movement Blurred Frozen Aperture (Zoom Wider Narrower at full wide angle) F3.4 F4.6/F9.2* Focus range Narrow Wide * The camera has a built-in ND filter to limit exposure. F9.2 is the aperture when the ND filter is being used. NOTE • Manual exposure is performed as if the “ISO” setting (page 131) is “ISO 64”, regardless of the current “ISO” setting. SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 87 1. Set the mode dial to “M”. 2. Press [SET] as many M Mode times as required to select the shutter speed setting and then use [..] and [..] to set the speed you want. Aperture Shutter Speed 3. Press [SET] as many times as required to select the aperture setting and then use [..] and [..] to set the aperture value you want. • When using manual focus, you can also use [SET] to select “FOCUS” and then use [..] and [..] to focus manually. 4. Half-press the shutter button. The camera will focus the image in accordance with your settings. • The shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you press the shutter button half way if the image is over-exposed or under-exposed. 5. When the image is focused, press the shutter button the rest of the way to shoot. SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 88 IMPORTANT! • You may not be able to achieve the brightness you want when shooting an image that is very dark or very bright. If this happens, use the M mode (manual exposure) to adjust the aperture or shutter speed manually. • Using slow shutter speeds can cause digital noise to appear in the image. Because of this, the camera performs a noise reduction process automatically whenever the shutter speed is 1/8 second or slower. The slower the shutter speed, the greater the possibility that noise will be generated in an image. Because of the time required for noise reduction, it takes longer to record images shot at slower shutter speeds. Do not perform any key operation while an image recording operation is in progress. • At shutter speeds slower than 1/2 second, the brightness of the recorded image may not be the same as the brightness of the image that appears on the monitor screen. • Image Blur (page 123) is disabled during in the shutter speed priority AE mode and manual exposure mode. You can, however, turn on Camera Shake, if you like. SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 89 SHOOTING A MOVIE M...