Manual Exposure - Sony ILCE-7 How To Use Manual

1. Set the mode dial to A (Aperture Priority).
2. Select the desired value by turning the front dial.
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.
3. Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to obtain proper exposure.
Note
If proper exposure cannot be obtained after setup, the shutter speed on the shooting screen
blinks. Although you can shoot as it is, resetting is recommended.
The brightness of the image on the screen may differ from the actual image being shot.
Hint
Smaller F-value (opening the aperture) narrows the range that is in focus. This allows you to
put the subject in sharp focus and blur objects in front of and beyond the subject (depth of
field becomes shallower). Larger F-value (narrowing down the aperture) widens the range
that is in focus. This allows you to shoot the depth of the scenery (depth of field becomes
deeper).
[26] Shooting > Selecting a shooting mode

Manual Exposure

You can shoot with the desired exposure setting by adjusting both the shutter speed and
aperture. The shutter speed and the aperture value can be changed while recording movies.
1. Set the mode dial to M (Manual Exposure).
2. Select the desired aperture value by turning the front dial.
Select the desired shutter speed by turning the rear dial.
When [ISO] is set to other than [ISO AUTO], use MM (Metered Manual) to check the
exposure value.
Toward +: Images become brighter.
Toward − : Images become darker.
0: Appropriate exposure analyzed by the product
3. Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.