Olympus D-40 D-40 Zoom Basic Manual (3.8MB) - Page 9

Monitor indications - Shooting information

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Monitor indications - Shooting information The indications vary depending on the shooting mode. If you shoot using the monitor for a long time, noise may appear on pictures. The information below is always displayed in the shooting mode. The information below is displayed for about 3 seconds after operating the buttons/mode dial or closing the menus. SLOW1 2272x1704 *The illustrations show examples of indications displayed when the mode dial is set to P. 1 Shooting mode ● Displays the shooting mode. : Full-auto mode, : Portrait mode, : Landscape-Portrait mode, : Landscape-Scene mode, : Night Scene mode, : Self- Portrait mode, P: Program mode, A: Aperture priority mode, S: Shutter priority mode, M: Manual mode, 2 Aperture value : My Mode, : Movie mode ● Displays the current aperture value. 3 Shutter speed ● Displays the current shutter speed. 4 Exposure compensation ● Displays the current exposure (brightness) compensation value. Exposure differential (M mode only) ● Displays the difference between the exposure determined by the currently selected aperture and shutter speed compared to the exposure level considered optimal by the camera. 5 AF target mark ● Place this on the subject. 9

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Monitor indications — Shooting information
The information below is displayed
for about 3 seconds after operating
the buttons/mode dial or closing the
menus.
The information below is always
displayed in the shooting mode.
*The illustrations show examples of
indications displayed when the mode
dial is set to P.
1
Shooting mode
Displays the shooting mode.
: Full-auto mode,
: Portrait mode,
: Landscape-Portrait
mode,
: Landscape-Scene mode,
: Night Scene mode,
: Self-
Portrait mode,
P
: Program mode,
A
: Aperture priority mode,
S
: Shutter
priority mode,
M
: Manual mode,
: My Mode,
: Movie mode
2
Aperture value
Displays the current aperture value.
3
Shutter speed
Displays the current shutter speed.
4
Exposure compensation
Displays the current exposure (brightness) compensation value.
Exposure differential (M mode only)
Displays the difference between the exposure determined by the
currently selected aperture and shutter speed compared to the
exposure level considered optimal by the camera.
5
AF target mark
Place this on the subject.
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The indications vary depending on the shooting mode.
If you shoot using the monitor for a long time, noise may appear on pictures.