Shooting Modes - Olympus Camedia C-740 Ultra Zoom Reference Manual

Shooting modes
Setting-related modes
P
Program shooting
AIiows you to take stitl pictures. The camera sets the aperture and shutter
speed Other functions, such as flash modes and drive modes, can be
adjusted manually.
A/S/M
Aperture priority/Shutter priority/Manual shooting
When the mode diat is set to
A/S/M,
the foItowing items can be set with the
menus. I:L_'"A/S/M mode" (P.63).
A
Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually The camera sets the shutter
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speed automatically By decreasing the aperture value (F-number), the
o camera will focus within a smalIer range, producing a picture with a
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blurred background Increasing the vatue forces the camera to focus
u- over a wider range in the forward and backward directions, resulting in
__. increased "depth of field", in which both the subject
and the background
are in focus.
Ir._'"Aperture priority shooting" (P64)
Aperture (F-number) is Aperture (F-number) is
decreased increased.
S Shutter priority shooting
AIIows you to set the shutter speed manuaIly The camera sets the
aperture automatically. Set the shutter speed according to the subject
and the type of effect you want.
[L_'"Shutter priority shooting" (P65)
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