User's Manual

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AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE – A, S, P, PV
Automatic exposure provides a choice of two ways of con-
trolling shutter speed and aperture settings semi-auto-
matically and two ways fully automatically:
Aperture priority: A - The aperture is manually chosen
by you by turning the front scroll wheel, and the shutter
speed is automatically chosen by the camera.
Shutter priority: S - The shutter speed is manually cho-
sen by you by turning the front scroll wheel, and the aper-
ture is automatically chosen by the camera.
Programmed: P - In this mode, an aperture / shutter
combination is chosen by the camera according to the
EV measured (metering method remains as your choice),
though only within pre-set appropriate limitations to suit
various requirements and applications.
Programmed variable: Pv - This mode is very similar to
Programmed, except with the additional parameters of lens
focal length being automatically taken into account. For ex-
ample, long shutter speeds will automatically be avoided
with a long focal length lens.
In Automatic mode the front scroll wheel selects alternative
aperture /shutter combinations while maintaining the same
EV and the rear scroll wheel alters the amount of exposure
compensation. The compensation appears as a +/- symbol
on the grip display and viewnder display (illus. 4).
Variations (chosen by using the front scroll wheel) from the
specic combination selected by the P or Pv mode are sig-
nied by a double arrow symbol appearing between the ap-
erture and speed settings (illus. 5) on the grip display. These
new variations provide the correct exposure but in dierent
combinations.
Tip
Aperture and shutter speed set-
tings can both be changed even
while the busy light on sensor
unit is ashing.
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OVEREXPOSURE INDICATOR
Though a histogram shows you when some of your pixels
are overexposed, it does not tell you which ones. In a shot
with many bright areas, it can be hard to know whether the
key parts of your image are just bright or completely over-
exposed. To help you nd them, the H5D can provide an
overexposure indicator, which shows precisely which areas
of your shot are overexposed (i.e., pixels that are at maxi-
mum brightness, causing loss of detail). When enabled, the
overexposure indicator ashes the overexposed pixels from
black to white.
You can choose between an ‘automatic’ on/o mode or a
button controlled on/o mode.
A. Setting for ‘automatic’ on/o mode:
1. Press MENU > SETTINGS > CUSTOM OPTIONS.
2. Select
P1 button or P2 button according to choice.
3. Step through the available options on dialogue by
pressing the
True Focus ( ) or AE-L
(
) buttons or
ZOOM ( or
) button.
4. Save the selection option by pressing
EXIT (Menu
button
).
B. Setting for ‘button controlled’ on/o mode:
1. Press MENU button on sensor unit.
2. Select
P1 button or P2 button according to choice.
3. Step through the available options by pressing the
True Focus ( ) or AE-L (
) buttons or
ZOOM (
or
) button.
4. Save the selection option by pressing
EXIT (Menu
button).
or
1. Press MENU > SETTINGS > CUSTOM OPTIONS.
2. Select
P1 button or P2 button according to choice.
3. Step through the available options by pressing the
True Focus ( ) or AE-L
(
) buttons or
ZOOM ( or
) button.
4. Save the selection option by pressing
EXIT (Menu
button).
C. Make a P1/P2 setting in Camera Congurator in
Phocus
Setting ‘automatic’ on/o mode.
Aected areas ash from black to white.
Setting ‘button-controlled’ on/o
mode.