Letting The Camera Choose Aperture And Shutter Speed (P: Program Ae) - Olympus E-M1 Mark III Instruction Manual

Letting the camera choose aperture and shutter speed
The camera chooses the optimal aperture and shutter speed according to subject
brightness.
Rotate the mode dial to P.
1
2
2
Focus and check the display.
• The shutter speed and aperture chosen by the camera
are displayed.
3
Take pictures.
Subject Too Dark or Too Bright
If the camera is unable to achieve optimal exposure, the shutter-speed and aperture
displays will fl ash as shown.
Large aperture (low f/-number)/
slow shutter speed
Small aperture (high f/-number)/
fast shutter speed
8000 8000
• When using a fi xed [K ISO] setting, change the setting. g "Changing ISO sensitivity
(ISO)" (P. 75, 91)
• The aperture value shown when the displays fl ash varies with the lens and focal length.
44 EN
Display
60" F2.8 60" F2.8
F22 F22
Problem/solution
The subject is too dark.
• Use a fl ash.
Subject is too bright.
• The limits of the camera metering system have been
exceeded. Use a third-party ND (Neutral Density)
fi lter to reduce the amount of light entering the
camera.
• Shutter speeds as fast as 1/32000 s are available
in s (silent) mode. g "Shooting without shutter
sound (Silent s)" (P. 81), "Performing the
sequential/self-timer shooting" (P. 98)
(P: Program AE)
100
%
ISO-A
200
P
250 F5.6 0.0
Aperture
Shutter speed
Shooting mode
S-IS AUTO S-IS AUTO
YF YF
4K
30 p 30 p
1:02:03
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