Mode Dial And Direct Button Functions; Mode Dial; Setting-Related Modes - Olympus CAMEDIA C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual

3 Mode dial and direct button functions

Mode dial

The mode dial is used to select a shooting or playback mode. The shooting
modes include modes where the optimal settings for the situation are
automatically selected, and modes where you can select the settings best
suited to the shooting conditions and the effect you wish to achieve.
Playback
mode

Setting-related modes

Program shooting
Allows you to take still pictures. The camera sets the aperture and shutter
speed. Other functions, such as flash modes and drive modes, can be
adjusted manually.
Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually. The camera sets the shutter speed
automatically. By decreasing the aperture value (F-number), the camera will
focus within a smaller range, producing a picture with a blurred background.
Increasing the value forces the camera to focus over a wider range in the
forward and backward directions, resulting in a picture in which both the
subject and the background are in focus.
"Aperture priority shooting" (P.91)
Setting-related
modes
Situation-
related modes
Shooting
3
modes
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