Av Setting The Aperture; Aperture Value Display; Safety Shift - Canon POWERSHOT A630 User Manual

Av
The aperture adjusts the amount of light entering through the lens.
When you set the aperture value, the camera automatically selects
a shutter speed to match the brightness.
Selecting a lower aperture value (opening the aperture) allows you
to blur the background and create a beautiful portrait. A higher
aperture value (closing it) brings the entire range from foreground to
background into focus. The larger the aperture value, the greater
the range of the image brought into clear focus.
• In this mode, the shutter speed range with synchronized flash
is 1/60 second to 1/500 second. The aperture value setting
may therefore be changed automatically to match the
synchronized flash speed even if its value was set previously.
Aperture Value Display
• The larger the aperture value, the smaller the lens aperture.
F2.8 F3.2 F3.5 F4.0 F4.1 F4.5 F5.0 F5.6 F6.3 F7.1 F8.0*
* In _ mode, the settings for maximum wide angle aperture and
maximum telephoto aperture may be as high as F11 and F16,
respectively, in some shooting conditions.
• YOU can change the combinations of shutter speeds and
aperture values without altering the exposure (p. 53).
Safety Shift
With TV and AV modes, if[Safety Shift] is turned [On] in the Rec.
menu, the shutter speed or aperture value is automatically adjusted
for the correct exposure when it cannot be otherwise obtained.
Safety Shift is disabled when the flash is enabled.
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