Owner's Manual

R: Aperture-Priority Auto
In aperture-priority auto, you choose the aperture while the camera
automatically selects the shutter speed
that will produce the
optimal exposure.
To take photographs in aperture-priority auto:
1 Select exposure
mode fl.
Press the MODE button
and rotate the main
command dial until A
is
displayed in the
viewfinder and control
panel.
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Sub-command dial
Rotate the sub-
command dial
to
choose the desired
aperture from values
between
the minimum
and maximum for the
lens. Small apertures (high f-numbers) increase depth of field
(see page 105), bringing both foreground and background
into focus. Large apertures (low f-numbers) soften
background details in portraits
or other compositions that
emphasize the main subject.
2 Choose an aperture.
Small aperture (f/36)
Large aperture (fiB)
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