Shooting With Aperture Priority Mode; Shooting With Manual Exposure Mode - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 Handbook

Shooting with manual adjustment
• If the shutter speed is set at 1/3 second or slower, the NR slow shutter function activates automatically to
reduce the picture noise and
• If the proper exposure is not obtained after making the settings, the setting value indicators on the screen
flash when the shutter button is pressed halfway down. You can shoot in this condition, but we
recommend that you adjust the flashing values again.
• The flash is set to
• When the shutter speed is fast, the amount of flash light may be insufficient even if you fire the flash.

Shooting with aperture priority mode

You can manually adjust the amount of light that passes through the lens.
1 Select A with the mode dial.
2 Select an aperture value with the wheel dial (page 35).
– When the zoom is set fully to the W side, you can select an aperture from F2.7 to F8.0.
– When the zoom is set fully to the T side, you can select an aperture from F4.5 to F8.0.
3 Shoot the image.
• The shutter speed is automatically adjusted from 1/2000 to 8 seconds.
• If the proper exposure is not obtained after making the settings, the setting value indicators on the screen
flash when the shutter button is pressed halfway down. You can shoot in this condition, but we
recommend that you adjust the flashing values again.
• The flash is set to

Shooting with manual exposure mode

You can manually adjust the shutter speed and the aperture values.
1 Select M with the mode dial.
2 Select a shutter speed with the wheel dial (page 35).
3 Select an aperture value with the wheel dial (page 35).
The difference between the settings and proper exposure judged by the camera appears as an EV
value (page 36) on the screen. 0EV indicates the value judged as the most suitable by the camera.
4 Shoot the image.
• The camera maintains the setting even when the power is turned off. Once you set a value you like, you
can reproduce the same exposure by simply setting the mode dial to M.
• If the proper exposure is not obtained after making the settings, the setting value indicators on the screen
flash when the shutter button is pressed halfway down. You can shoot in this condition, but we
recommend that you adjust the flashing values again.
• The flash is set to
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appears.
(Flash forced on) or
(Flash forced on),
(Flash forced on) or
(Flash forced off).
(Slow synchro) or
(Flash forced off).
(Flash forced off).