Owner's Manual

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Specific Aperture
Values ([Av] Mode)
~
Still Images
...
Set
your preferred aperture
value
before shooting as
follows.
The camera
automatically
adjusts the shutter speed to suit your aperture
value.
For
details
on
available
aperture
values, see the electronic manual.
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Enter
lAv1
mode.
~
Set
the mode
dial to
[Av].
2
Set the aperture value.
*
Turn the
[{)]
ring to set the aperture
value.
Orange
display
of
shutter speeds when you press the shutter
button halfway indicates that the settings deviate from standard
exposure. Adjust the aperture value until
the shutter speed is
displayed
in
white,
or
use safety shift (see
below).
•
[Av]:
Aperture
value
(size
of
the opening made by the iris
in
the
lens)
,.
To
avoid exposure
problems
in
[TvJ
and
[AvJ
modes, you
can have the camera automatically adjust the shutter speed or
aperture
value,
even when standard exposure cannot otherwise
be obtained. Press the
[MENU]
button and set [Safety Shift] on
the
[~]
tab to
[On].
However, safety shift is
disabled when the
flash
fires.
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You
can customize camera operation so that turning the
[eJ
dial
changes the aperture value
(see the
electronic manual).
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