Manually Setting The Shutter Speed And Aperture - Canon PowerShot S30 User Manual

Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture

You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture to achieve a particular effect.
This is convenient for shooting fireworks and other images where it is difficult to
set the correct exposure automatically.
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Select a shutter speed using B or A on
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the multicontroller.
Select an aperture setting using C or D
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on the multicontroller.
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Shoot the image.
• When you press the shutter button halfway, a number indicating the
difference between the standard exposure* and the selected exposure
appears on the LCD monitor. If the difference is more than ±2 steps, "-2"
or "+2" appears in red.
* The standard exposure is calculated by the AE function according to the selected metering method.
• The exposure compensation, AE lock, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, AEB
and ISO speed (AUTO) settings cannot be adjusted in this mode.
• If you wish to change the exposure, adjust the shutter speed using B or A on the
multicontroller, or adjust the aperture using C or D on the multicontroller.
• When you select a fast shutter speed or shoot a subject in a dark place, set the
flash to
does not darken and you can check the image before shooting.
• For the correlation between aperture value and shutter speed, see page 67.
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Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects
Turn the shooting mode dial to
• The shutter speed and aperture settings appears on the
LCD monitor if it is on.
(Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On) or
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(Flash On) so that the LCD monitor