Sony ILCA-99M2 Manual page 108

[83] Shooting Selecting a shooting mode
Aperture Priority
You can shoot by adjusting the aperture and changing the range in focus, or by defocusing the
background.
Set the mode dial to A (Aperture Priority).
1
Select the desired value by turning the front/rear dial.
2
Smaller F-value: The subject is in focus, but objects in front of and beyond the subject
are blurred.
Larger F-value: The subject and its foreground and background are all in focus.
If the aperture value you have set is not suitable for appropriate exposure, the shutter
speed on the shooting screen will blink. If this happens, change the aperture value.
Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
3
The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to obtain proper exposure.
Hint
While you press and hold the preview button, the aperture is stepped down to the set aperture value
and you can check the blurriness prior to shooting.
Note
The brightness of the image on the screen may differ from the actual image being shot.
[84] Shooting Selecting a shooting mode
Shutter Priority
You can express the movement of a moving subject in various ways by adjusting the shutter
speed, for example, at the instant of the movement with high speed shutter, or as a trailing
image with low speed shutter.