Shooting Movies - Aperture-priority AE

Article ID: ART136136 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 11/04/2015
 

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Shooting Movies - Aperture-priority AE

Solution

Shooting Movies - Aperture-priority AE

When the shooting mode is <Av>, you can manually set the aperture for movie shooting. The ISO speed and shutter speed will be set automatically to suit the brightness and obtain a standard exposure

 

1 Set the Mode Dial to <Av>.

2 Set the Live View shooting/Movie shooting switch to <>.

3 Set the desired Aperture.

  • While looking at the LCD monitor,turn the <> dial.

4 Focus and shoot the movie.

  • The procedure is the same as steps 3 and 4 for “Autoexposure Shooting
  • Changing the aperture during movie shooting is not recommended since variations in the exposure, due to the drive of the lens aperture, will be recorded.

 

  • You can lock the exposure (AE lock) by pressing the <A> button (except in the A mode,). After applying AE lock during movie shooting, you can cancel it by pressing the <S> button. (AE lock setting is retained until you press <S>)
  • You can set exposure compensation by setting the <R> switch to the left and turning the <5> dial (except in the <A> mode).
  • Pressing the shutter button halfway displays the ISO speed and shutter speed at the screen bottom. This is the exposure setting for taking a still photo . The exposure setting for movie shooting is not displayed.
  • Note that the exposure setting for movie shooting may differ from that for still photo shooting.

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