S: Shutter Priority Shooting - Olympus EVOLT E-510 Instruction Manual

S: Shutter priority shooting

The camera sets the optimum aperture value automatically for the shutter speed you have
selected. Set the shutter speed depending on the type of effect you want. A higher speed
shutter allows you to capture a fast-moving subject without blur, and a slower shutter speed
blurs a moving subject, creating a feeling of speed or motion.
A fast shutter
speed can freeze
a fast action
scene without any
blur.
Set the mode dial to S and turn the
control dial to set the shutter speed.
• The shutter speed changes in 1/3 EV
increments as the control dial is turned.
You can also change the step with the
customized settings. g "EV
step" (P. 78)
Display in the viewfinder when the shutter button is pressed halfway
Shutter speed
AF confirmation
mark
Exposure mode
Viewfinder
* The aperture value at the moment when its indication blinks varies with the lens type and focal
length of the lens.
TIPS
The picture looks blurred:
The possibility of camera shake spoiling your picture increases greatly during macro or ultra-
telephoto shooting. Raise the shutter speed or use a monopod or tripod to stabilize the camera.
The aperture value indication continues to blink after the shutter speed is changed:
If the aperture value indication at the maximum value is blinking, set the ISO sensitivity to a lower
value or use a commercially available ND filter (for adjusting the amount of light). g "ISO k
Setting the desired sensitivity to light" (P. 56)
If the aperture value indication at the minimum value is blinking, set the ISO sensitivity to a higher
value. g "ISO k Setting the desired sensitivity to light" (P. 56)
Slower shutter speed
• If the aperture value indication at the minimum
value is blinking*, the correct exposure has not
Aperture value
been attained (underexposed). Lower the
shutter speed.
• If the aperture value indication at the maximum
value is blinking*, the correct exposure has not
been attained (overexposed). Raise the shutter
speed.
Faster shutter speed
A slow shutter
speed will blur a
fast action scene.
This blurring will
give the
impression of
dynamic motion.
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