Olympus C-2040 Zoom C-2040 Zoom Reference Manual - Page 91

Custom Photography Selecting the aperture and shutter speed manually (Manual mode) Manual mode allows you to select the aperture and shutter speed yourself to achieve the desired effect. You can use the exposure status indicator in the viewfinder to check whether the image is correctly exposed. DE DIAL OFF POWER/MO A/S/M 2 A/S/M P 1 In the menu screen, set the "A/S/M MODE" setting to "M" (Manual mode). q Use the menu screen to select the shooting mode. See P.88 4 for more information on setting the A/S/M. q The aperture and shutter speed are displayed in green. 2 Press the Arrow pad to select the aperture (F value) and shutter speed. Press to decrease the aperture size (increase the Aperture (F value) setting Shutter speed Exposure Manual differential mode Aperture (F value) setting) and to increase the aper- M F2.0 1/800 -3.0 ture size (decrease the Aperture (F value) setting). Press to increase the shutter speed and to decrease the shutter speed. q The available shutter speeds are 16 sec. to 1/800 sec. • When you set the Mode dial to "A/S/M", the ISO setting is automatically set to 100. You can select 100, 200 or 400 as the ISO setting. (P.103) • The exposure indicator in the top-right corner of the viewfinder shows the difference between the exposure calculated from the selected aperture and shutter speed and the camera's correct exposure. The difference is shown in a range from -3.0 EV and +3.0 EV. • If the image is underexposed by more than -3.0 EV or overexposed by more than +3.0 EV, the exposure indicator turns red. • Unless you select "OFF" in the be cancelled when you switch "ALL RESET" setting the camera off. (P.173), this setting will 91