Minolta X-700 - Manual (Page 35)

Red " A " = Aperture-priority AE
mode in use
Aperture you selected (equals
taking aperture)
Stepless shutter speed set by
camera for that aperture
(If t w o LEDs light, speed is in
between.)
Selecting an aperture
In aperture-priority AE mode,
your X-700 will set the precise
shutter speed for proper exposure
automatically. Even so, you have
considerable control over results
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
against blur from camera movement
(see p. 44).
ISO
25/15°
64/19°
100/21°
160/23°
200/24°
400/27°
Sunny
f/8
f/8
f/11
f/11
f/11
f/16
Hazy
Sun
f/4
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
f/8
f/11
Heavy
Over-
cast
f/2
f/2.8
f/4
f/5.6
f/5.6
f/8
Indoors
f/1.4
f/1.4
f/1.4
f/2
f/2
f/2.8
(These are only guidelines for typi-
cal picture-taking situations. For
additional information see p. 48).
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