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Using the manual mode to choose your own camera settings

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Using the manual mode to choose your own camera settings You can select your own exposure settings for the shutter speed, aperture stop, and ISO set value. Pressing the green button ( ) on your camera automatically sets the exposure for the appropriate brightness while using the M (Manual) mode. 3. Set your own ISO sensitivity value using the Fn > direction button (►). ISO SENSITIVITY 4. Now, you are ready to take some pictures. 100 : Move : Set ▲ Before setting the exposure using the green button ( ). ▲ After setting the exposure using the green button ( ). M (Manual) Mode 1. Rotate the Mode dial ( ) to select M. 2. Set your own exposure value for the shutter speed and aperture using the front dial ( ) and rear ( ) dials. 086 EV Bar The EV bar appears in the LCD panel and viewfinder in M (Manual) mode. The appropriate exposure is set when V is in the middle of the EV bar. If it is towards -, it is underexposed. If it is ▲ EV Bar towards +, it is overexposed. If the value exceeds the range of the EV bar, the "+" or "-" blinks. AE-L in M mode Press the AE-L button ( ) to record the exposure value in M (Manual) mode. If the shutter speed or aperture is then changed, the combination of shutter speed and aperture changes while exposure is retained. Example) If the shutter speed is 1/125 sec and aperture is F5.6 and is recorded with the AE-L button ( ), and the shutter speed is changed to 1/30 sec with the front dial ( ), the aperture automatically changes to F11.

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086
You can select your own exposure settings for the shutter speed, aperture
stop, and ISO set value.
Pressing the green button (
) on your camera automatically sets the
exposure for the appropriate brightness while using the
M
(Manual) mode.
M (Manual) Mode
1.
Rotate the Mode dial (
) to select
M
.
2.
Set your own exposure value for the shutter
speed and aperture using the front dial
(
) and rear (
) dials.
3.
Set your own ISO sensitivity value using
the
Fn
> direction button (►).
4.
Now, you are ready to take some pictures.
EV Bar
The EV bar appears in the LCD panel and
viewfinder in
M
(Manual) mode. The appropriate
exposure is set when V is in the middle of the
EV bar. If it is towards -, it is underexposed. If it is
towards +, it is overexposed. If the value exceeds the range of the EV bar,
the “+” or “-” blinks.
AE-L in M mode
Press the
AE-L
button (
) to record the exposure value in
M
(Manual) mode.
If the shutter speed or aperture is then changed, the combination of shutter speed
and aperture changes while exposure is retained.
Example)
If the shutter speed is 1/125 sec and aperture is F5.6 and is recorded with
the
AE-L
button (
), and the shutter speed is changed to 1/30 sec
with the front dial (
), the aperture automatically changes to F11.
: Set
: Move
100
ISO SENSITIVITY
Using the manual mode to choose your own camera settings
▲
EV Bar
▲
Before setting the exposure using the
green button (
).
▲
After setting the exposure using the
green button (
).