Usingthe Modedial - Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

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Usingthe modedial
Set tile mode dial to Ihe desired function.
Mode dial
Recording modes
_: Autoadjustment mode
Allows ensy shooting with the settings :Jdjusted aut()m:Jtic:dly, depending entirely
oe the c:_mer:l. _ step 5 in "Read This First"
[] _ _ [] [] _ : SceneSelection mode
Allows you to shoot _xith preset settings according to the scene (p:Jge 32).
P: Programauto mode
Allows you to shoot with the exposure :ldjusted autom:ltic:dly (both the shutter
speed nnd the nperture v:due). The other settings can be :Mjusted, and your setting
v:dues can be s:Jved (p:lge 33).
A: Aperturepriority mode
Allows you to shoot after :J(ljusting the :q:)erture value manu:dly (page 34).
S: Shutter speed priority mode
Allows you to shoot :dter ac[illsting the shutter speed manu:dly (page 361.
M: Manual exposuremode
Allows _ou to shoot :d'ter adjusting the ex;:)osure re:inn:ally (both the shutter speed
and the aperture wdue) (page 37).
In this Operating Instructions, the available mode dial setting is shown as follows.
Unavailable Available
31