Minolta X-700 Instruction Manual page 35

Viewfinder shows:
Red " A " = Aperture-priority AE
mode in use
Aperture you selected
taking aperture)
Stepless shutter speed
camera for that aperture
(If two LEDs light, speed is in
between.)
Selecting an aperture
In aperture-priority
your X-700 will set the precise
shutter speed for proper exposure
automatically. Even so, you have
considerable
and can adjust aperture and shutter
speed over considerable ranges to
suit the conditions and yourself.
For good pictures with a mini-
mum of care where no particular
effect is desired, simply set the
aperture as indicated in the table.
These guide settings will provide as
much depth of field (see p. 42) as
possible while producing a shutter
speed fast enough to stop the mo-
tion of most subjects and guard
(equals
against blur from camera movement
(see p. 44).
set by
AE mode,
control over results
Hazy
ISO
Sunny
Sun
f/4
25/15° f/8
64/19° f/8 f/4
100/21° f/11
f/5.6
f/11
160/23° f/8
200/24° f/11 f/8
f/11
400/27° f/16
(These are only guidelines for typi-
cal picture-taking situations.
additional information see p. 48).
Heavy
Over- Indoors
cast
f/2 f/1.4
f/2.8 f/1.4
f/4
f/1.4
f/5.6 f/2
f/5.6 f/2
f/8 f/2.8
For
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