Olympus E-M1 - Manual (Page 18)

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Preparing the camera and
fl ow of operations
1
Setting the shooting mode
Use the mode dial to select the shooting mode.
A
A full auto mode in which the camera automatically optimizes settings for the
current scene. The camera does all the work, which is convenient for beginners.
P Aperture and shutter speed are automatically adjusted for optimal results.
A You control aperture. You can sharpen or soften background details.
S
You control shutter speed. You can express the motion of moving subjects, or
freeze motion without any blur.
M
You control aperture and shutter speed. You can shoot with long exposures for
fi reworks or other dark scenes.
ART Select an art fi lter.
SCN Select a scene according to the subject.
J
You can shoot a PHOTO STORY. Shoot with selected PHOTO STORY type.
n Shoot movies using shutter speed and aperture effects and movie special effects.
First, try taking photographs in full auto mode.
1 Press the mode dial lock to release the lock and set the mode dial to A.
• When the mode dial lock has been pressed down, the mode dial is locked. Each time
you press the mode dial lock, it switches between locked/released.
Mode dial lock
  Monitor
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Number of
storable still
pictures
Available
recording
time ISO
sensitivity
Shutter speed Aperture value
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