Owner's Manual

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Exposure-Related Settings (Metering and Exposure Compensation)
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M (Manual)
You control both shutter speed and aperture. Choose this mode
for long time-exposures of such subjects as fireworks or the
night sky (“Bulb” or “Time” photography,
0
191). Shutter speed
and aperture can be adjusted with reference to the exposure
indicators by rotating the command dials as follows while the
standby timer is on:
•
Rotate the main command dial to choose the shutter speed.
Shutter speed can be set to values between
1
/
8000
s (
o
)
and 30 s (
q
), to
A
(“Bulb”) or
%
(“Time”), or to
p
.
•
Aperture can be adjusted by rotating the sub-command dial.
•
The minimum and maximum values for aperture vary with the
lens.
•
Shutter speed and aperture can be locked at the selected
values (
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194).
Aperture: