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• 30 SHOOTING POINTERS The tri-colored viewfinder indications of your MG's automatic exposure system make it extremely easy to obtain good results in a wide variety of shooting situations. However, there are a few basic aperture and shutter speed control techniques which help guarantee best results with moving subjects, special effects, and so forth. If SLR photography is relatively new to you, it will be worthwhile to learn these few basic techniques. Optimum Apertures The aperture guide listed on page 17 is sufficient for almost all shooting purposes and correct exposure will be obtained as long as one of the green shutter speed LEDs light. However, you may add more interest to your pictures with certain subjects by varying from the norm. Any aperture setting may be used as long as either a green or yellow LED shutter speed indicator lights (in the case of the latter, provided you take precautions against camera shake/. Stopping the Action: With moving subjects such as bicycles, automobiles, horses, children at play, birds in flight, etc., a fast shutter speed is necessary to stop the action and prevent the subject from blurring. With manual exposures, this problem is solved by preselecting a fast shutter speed such as 1/250 sec., 1/500 sec., 1/1000 sec., etc. However, when shooting on "AUTO," you can usually select a shutter speed fast enough to stop the action simply by using a wide lens aperture. As the camera automatically chooses the fastest possible shutter speed for the given exposure, wide

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SHOOTING
POINTERS
•
30
The
tri-colored
viewfinder
indications
of
your
MG's
automatic
exposure
system
make
it
extremely
easy
to
obtain
good
results
in
a
wide
variety
of
shooting
situations.
However,
there
are
a
few
basic
aperture
and
shutter
speed
control
techniques
which
help
guarantee
best
results
with
moving
subjects,
special
effects,
and
so
forth.
If
SLR
photography
is
relatively
new
to
you,
it
will
be
worthwhile
to
learn
these
few
basic
techniques.
Optimum
Apertures
The
aperture
guide
listed
on
page
17
is
sufficient
for
almost
all
shoot-
ing
purposes
and
correct
exposure
will
be
obtained
as
long
as
one
of
the
green
shutter
speed
LEDs
light.
However,
you
may
add
more
interest
to
your
pictures
with
certain
subjects
by
varying
from
the
norm.
Any
aperture
setting
may
be
used
as
long
as
either
a
green
or
yellow
LED
shutter
speed
indicator
lights
(in
the
case
of
the
latter,
provided
you
take
precautions
against
camera
shake/.
Stopping
the
Action:
With
moving
subjects
such
as
bicycles,
automobiles,
horses,
children
at
play,
birds
in
flight,
etc.,
a
fast
shutter
speed
is
necessary
to
stop
the
action
and
prevent
the
subject
from
blurring.
With
manual
exposures,
this
problem
is
solved
by
preselecting
a
fast
shutter
speed
such
as
1/250
sec.,
1/500
sec.,
1/1000
sec.,
etc.
However,
when
shooting
on
"AUTO,"
you
can
usually
select
a
shutter
speed
fast
enough
to
stop
the
action
simply
by
using
a
wide
lens
aperture.
As
the
camera
automatically
chooses
the
fastest
possible
shutter
speed
for
the
given
exposure,
wide