Advanced Shooting; Aperture Priority Shooting - Olympus CAMEDIA C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual

6 Advanced shooting

Aperture priority shooting

Mode dial
1
Turn the jog dial to set the aperture value.
Turn to the left
to decrease the
aperture value
(F number).
• Pressing the shutter button halfway
displays the shutter speed on the control panel.
• If the image is underexposed or overexposed when the shutter button
is halfway pressed, the shutter speed indication blinks.
Control panel
1/1000 1/1000 F2.8 F2.8
appears : The image is overexposed.
Turn the jog dial to the right to increase the aperture value.
appears : The image is underexposed.
Turn the jog dial to the left to reduce the aperture value.
Aperture range :Toward W : F1.8 to F8.0
• When the flash is set to the auto-flash mode, the shutter speed is
fixed at 1/30 sec. in the maximum wide angle, or 1/100 sec. in the
Note
maximum telephoto, and will not go slower.
Turn to the right
to increase the
aperture value
(F number).
Aperture value
indication on
the monitor
Lights Displayed in
green
Blinks Displayed in
red
Toward T : F2.6 to F8.0
Control panel
Jog dial
Meaning
The aperture setting is
suitable for the conditions.
The aperture setting is
unsuitable for the
conditions. Take the
following steps when the
monitor is turned on.
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