Konica Minolta Dimage A1 - Manual (Page 51)

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PROGRAM - P
Program exposure is set with the exposure-mode dial (p. 50). The program AE uses luminance and
focal-length information to calculate exposures. This allows the photographer to shoot without worry-
ing about exposure settings. The shutter speed and aperture values of the exposure are displayed on
the monitors and data panel. If the brightness level of the scene is outside the exposure control
range of the camera, the shutter-speed and aperture displays turn red on the monitors and blink on
the data panel.
Program-shift function allows adjustment to the shutter-speed/aperture combination determined by
the camera. The built-in flash cannot be used with program shift. The camera gives priority to the
flash exposure; once the flash is raised, any changes made with program shift will be canceled.
As described in the basic recording operation (p. 33), press the shutter-release button partway down
until the shutter speed and aperture value are displayed.
PROGRAM SHIFT - PS/PA
Turn either the front or rear control dial to shift the shutter speed and aper-
ture combination; each combination gives the equivalent exposure. The val-
ues are shifted in 0.3Ev or 1/3 stop increments. The front dial changes the
shutter speed (Ps) and the rear dial changes the aperture (Pa); the corre-
sponding display turns blue. If the lighting changes, the blue display value
remains fixed and the white display changes to compensate for the required
exposure.