Using The Mode Dial (Creative Zone) - Canon PowerShot S2 IS User Manual

Using the Mode Dial (Creative Zone)

Mode Dial
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
See page 184 for settings that can be changed in this mode.
How to Use the Mode Dial
1
Check that the camera is in Shooting mode.
The power/mode indicator lights orange.
2
Turn the mode dial, select the function
you wish to use and shoot the image.
The camera operates in the following ways
according to the selected function:
The camera automatically sets the shutter speed
P
and aperture value.
The user selects a shutter speed using the
Tv
button.
The user selects an aperture value using the
Av
button.
The user selects the shutter speed using the
M button and the aperture value using the
button.
The shutter speed and aperture value will show on the LCD monitor (or
viewfinder). The correct exposure has been set if the shutter speed and
aperture value show in white on the LCD monitor (or viewfinder) when the
shutter button is pressed halfway.
The shutter speed and aperture value will show in red on the LCD
monitor (viewfinder) when the correct exposure cannot be obtained.
In , or
values can be changed within the same exposure setting (p. 104).
84
, the combinations of shutter speeds and aperture
Auto Mode (p. 33).
Shutter Aperture
or
Speed value
or
or
or