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Setting the Shutter Speed continued, Shutter Speed Display

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Setting the Shutter Speed (continued) • Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 208) • Please note that camera shake becomes a factor at low shutter speeds. If the camera shake warning appears in the center of the LCD monitor, secure the camera to a tripod before shooting. • The fastest shutter speed for flash synchronization is 1/250 second. The camera automatically resets the shutter speed to 1/250 second if a faster speed is selected. • The aperture value and shutter speed change according to the zoom state as follows. Aperture Shutter Speed (seconds) Wide Angle F 2.0 - 3.5 F 4.0 - 8.0 to 1/1250 to 1/2000 Telephoto F 3.0 - 5.0 F 5.6 - 8.0 to 1/1250 to 1/2000 Shutter Speed Display The shutter speeds from 2000 to 4 in the display panel are actually the denominator of a fraction of a second. For example, 160 indicates a speed of 1/160 second. For slower speeds, quote marks indicate the decimal place, so that 0"3 indicates 0.3 second and 2" indicates 2 seconds. 2000 1600 1250 1000 800 640 500 400 320 250 200 160 125 100 80 60 50 40 30 25 20 15 13 10 8 6 5 4 0"3 0"4 0"5 0"6 0"8 1" 1"3 1"6 2" 2"5 3"2 4" 5" 6" 8" 10" 13" 15" The display of shutter speeds from 1/4 to 1/2000 second differs between the display panel and LCD monitor. Shutter Speed Display Panel LCD Monitor 1/2000 sec 1/2000 . . . 1/4 sec. 1/4 . . . 0.8 sec 0"8 . . . 15 sec 15" 78

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Setting the Shutter Speed (continued)
•
Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 208)
•
Please note that camera shake becomes a factor at low shutter speeds. If the
camera shake warning
appears in the center of the LCD monitor, secure the
camera to a tripod before shooting.
•
The fastest shutter speed for flash synchronization is 1/250 second. The camera
automatically resets the shutter speed to 1/250 second if a faster speed is selected.
•
The aperture value and shutter speed change according to the zoom state as
follows.
Aperture
Shutter Speed (seconds)
Wide Angle
F 2.0 - 3.5
to 1/1250
F 4.0 - 8.0
to 1/2000
Telephoto
F 3.0 - 5.0
to 1/1250
F 5.6 - 8.0
to 1/2000
Shutter Speed Display
The shutter speeds from 2000 to 4 in the display panel are actually the
denominator of a fraction of a second. For example, 160 indicates a speed of
1/160 second. For slower speeds, quote marks indicate the decimal place, so that
0"3 indicates 0.3 second and 2" indicates 2 seconds.
2000
1600
1250
1000
800
640
500
400
320
250
200
160
125
100
80
60
50
40
30
25
20
15
13
10
8
6
5
4
0"3
0"4
0"5
0"6
0"8
1"
1"3
1"6
2"
2"5
3"2
4"
5"
6"
8"
10"
13"
15"
The display of shutter speeds from 1/4 to 1/2000 second differs between the
display panel and LCD monitor.
Shutter Speed
1/2000 sec.
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1/4 sec.
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0.8 sec.
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15 sec.
Display Panel
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LCD Monitor
1/2000
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1/4
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0"8
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15"