Canon PowerShot SX510 HS - Manual (Page 54)

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Cover
Before Use
Common Camera
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
P Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
Tv, Av, and M
Mode
Still Images Movies
Shooting in Program AE ([P] Mode)
You can customize many function settings to suit your preferred shooting
style.
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Enter [G] mode.
z z Set the mode dial to [ G].
2 Customize the settings as
desired ( = 54 – 67 ), and
then shoot.
• If adequate exposure cannot be obtained when you press the shutter button
halfway, shutter speeds and aperture values are displayed in orange. In this
case, try adjusting the ISO speed ( = 55 ) or activating the flash (if subjects
are dark, = 65 ), which may enable adequate exposure.
• Movies can be recorded in [ G] mode as well, by pressing the movie button.
However, some FUNC. ( = 22 ) and MENU ( = 23 ) settings may be
automatically adjusted for movie recording.
• For details on the shooting range in [ G] mode, see “Shooting Range”
( = 161 ).
Image Brightness (Exposure)
Still Images
Adjusting Image Brightness (Exposure
Compensation)
The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop
increments, in a range of –2 to +2.
z z Press the < b> button. As you watch
the screen, turn the < 5> dial to adjust
brightness, and then press the < b>
button again when finished.
z z The correction level you specified is now
displayed.
Still Images
Locking Image Brightness / Exposure (AE Lock)
Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and
exposure separately.
1 Lock the exposure.
z z Aim the camera at the subject to shoot
with the exposure locked. With the
shutter button pressed halfway, press the
< b> button.
z z [ ] is displayed, and the exposure is
locked.
z z To unlock AE, release the shutter button
and press the < b> button again. In this
case, [ ] is no longer displayed.