Shoot Mode: Aperture Priority
You can shoot by adjusting the aperture and changing the range in focus, or by defocusing the background.
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Set the Still/Movie/S&Q switch to the desired shooting mode.
- If S&Q (slow-motion/quick-motion) is selected and [Shoot Mode Sel. Screen] is set to [Display], the [ Shoot Mode] screen in Step 2 will be displayed at this point.
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MENU → (Shooting) → [Shooting Mode] → [Shoot Mode]/[Shoot Mode]/[ Shoot Mode] → [Aperture Priority].
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Select the desired value by turning the control wheel.
- Smaller F-value: The subject is in focus, but objects in front of and beyond the subject are blurred.
Larger F-value: The subject and its foreground and background are all in focus. - If the aperture value you have set is not suitable for appropriate exposure, the shutter speed on the shooting screen will blink. If this happens, change the aperture value.
- Smaller F-value: The subject is in focus, but objects in front of and beyond the subject are blurred.
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Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to obtain proper exposure.
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