User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Charging the Battery
- Installing and Removing the Battery and Card
- Turning on the Power
- Setting the Date, Time, and Zone
- Selecting the Interface Language
- Attaching and Detaching a Lens
- Basic Operation
- Quick Control for Shooting Functions
- Menu Operations
- Formatting the Card
- Switching the LCD Monitor Display
- Feature Guide
- Basic Shooting and Image Playback
- Fully Automatic Shooting (Scene Intelligent Auto)
- Full Auto Techniques (Scene Intelligent Auto)
- Disabling Flash
- Creative Auto Shooting
- Shooting Portraits
- Shooting Landscapes
- Shooting Close-ups
- Shooting Moving Subjects
- Shooting Food
- Shooting Night Portraits
- Quick Control
- Shooting with Ambience Selection
- Shooting by Lighting or Scene Type
- Image Playback
- Creative Shooting
- Advanced Shooting
- Conveying the Subject’s Movement
- Changing the Depth of Field
- Manual Exposure
- Changing the Metering Mode
- Setting Exposure Compensation
- Auto Exposure Bracketing
- Locking the Exposure
- Locking the Flash Exposure
- Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast
- Correcting the Image’s Dark Corners
- Customizing Image Characteristics
- Registering Preferred Image Characteristics
- Matching the Light Source
- Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source
- Setting the Color Reproduction Range
- Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)
- Shooting Movies
- Handy Features
- Image Playback
- Post-Processing Images
- Printing Images
- Customizing the Camera
- Reference
- Software Start Guide / Downloading Images to a Computer
f: Changing the Depth of Field
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To obtain a correct flash exposure, the flash output will be set
automatically to match the set aperture (autoflash). The shutter speed
will be set automatically between 1/200 sec. - 30 sec. to suit the scene’s
brightness.
In low light, the main subject is exposed with the autoflash, and the
background is exposed with a slow shutter speed set automatically.
Both the subject and background look properly exposed with a touch of
atmosphere (automatic slow-speed flash sync). If you are handholding
the camera, keep it steady to prevent camera shake. Using a tripod is
recommended.
To prevent a slow shutter speed, under [53: Custom Functions
(C.Fn)], set [3: Flash sync. speed in Av mode] to [1: 1/200-1/60sec.
auto] or [2: 1/200sec. (fixed)] (p.261).
The aperture opening (diaphragm) changes only at the moment when
the picture is taken. Otherwise, the aperture remains fully open.
Therefore, when you look at the scene through the viewfinder or on the
LCD monitor, the depth of field will look narrow. With the procedure
below, you can check the depth of field before taking the picture.
1 Enable depth-of-field preview to be used.
Under [53: Custom Functions (C.Fn)], set [9: Assign SET
button] to [4: Depth-of-field preview] (p.266).
For details about Custom Function settings, see page 258.
2 Exit the menu.
Press the <M> button two times to exit the menu.
3 Press the <0> button.
The aperture will be stopped down so you can see the depth of field.
D Using the Built-in Flash
3 Depth-of-Field PreviewN
While looking at the Live View image (p.140) and holding down the <
0
>
button, you can change the aperture and see how the depth of field changes.