Using The Mode Dial (Creative Zone) - Canon PowerShot A510 User Manual

Shooting – Advanced Functions
Using the Mode Dial (Creative
Zone)
You can freely select camera settings such
as the shutter speed and aperture value to
suit your shooting purposes.
After settings are made, shooting procedures are
the same as for the
See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode
(p. 159) at the end of this manual to find out which
settings can be changed in which shooting
modes.
How to Use the Mode Dial
1
Check that the camera is in
Shooting mode.
2
Turn the shooting
mode dial and set
the icon of the
function you wish
to use to .
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Mode Dial
mode (p. 33).
If the LCD monitor is on,
the shutter speed and
aperture value appear
automatically.
The camera operates in
the following ways
according to the selected
function:
The camera automatically sets the shutter
P
speed and aperture value.
The user selects a shutter speed using the
Tv
or button.
The user selects an aperture value using
Av
the or button.
The user selects the setting (the shutter
speed or the aperture value) using the SET
M
button and select a shutter speed or an
aperture value using the
When the shutter button is pressed halfway,
the shutter speed and aperture value appear
on the LCD monitor. The correct exposure has
been set when they appear in white.
3
Shoot the image.
Shutter Aperture
Speed Value
or button.