Sony DSC-P200 Fall 2005 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 24

To adjust the exposure manually
1 Press z on the control button when the mode dial is set to M.
The "Set" indicator at the lower left of the screen changes to "Return," and the camera enters the manual
exposure setup mode.
2 Adjust the settings using the control button.
b/B: Aperture (F value)
v/V: Shutter speed
60min
VGA
M
Return
SAF 250
Shutter speed
3 Shoot the image.
• To use the Quick Review, close-up (Macro), or self-timer function, or to change the flash mode, press z
to cancel the manual exposure setup mode after step 1. (The "Return" indicator changes to "Set".)
• The flash is set to
• The shutter speed can be selected from 1/1000 to 30 seconds.
• Shutter speeds of one second or longer are indicated by ["], for example, 1".
• When you set the shutter speed slower, using a tripod is recommended to prevent the effects of vibration.
• If you select shutter speeds of 1/6 second or slower, the NR slow shutter function activates automatically
to reduce the picture noise and "NR" appears.
• If you select slow shutter speeds, it takes time to process the data.
• The difference between the settings and proper exposure judged by the camera appears as an EV value
(page 27) on the screen. 0EV indicates the value judged as the most suitable by the camera.
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FINE
101
98
"Return"
Aperture value
F2.8 0
EV
(Forced flash) or (No flash).