Epson 3100Z - Manual (Page 76)

4-14 Making Settings
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3. Press the Program button to toggle between
Normal, Sports, Portrait, or Landscape.
Making advanced exposure adjustments
When the Manual camera mode is selected, you can
manually set the correct exposure by changing the
shutter speed and the aperture. Select Auto Exposure,
Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority or Manual
Exposure as the exposure mode. Although these
exposure modes are similar to the predefined
program modes available in the Program camera
mode, you can manually make advanced exposure
adjustments when in the Manual mode.
Note:
Photographic experience and knowledge is necessary to
make proper shutter speed and the aperture adjustments. Be
sure to make appropriate settings before taking important
photos.
You can specify shutter speeds from 8 to 1/1000
seconds. You can specify an aperture of F2, F2.3, F2.8,
F4.0, F5.6, or F8.0.
Auto exposure
Auto exposure is an easy-to-use feature that
automatically adjusts the shutter speed and the
aperture to achieve the correct exposure. Select the
auto exposure feature as follows.
1. Make sure that Manual is selected as the camera
mode. (See “Making camera mode settings” on
page 4-6.)
2. Remove the lens cap, set the dial switch to or
, and turn on the camera.
If the dial switch is set to , press the
MENU ON/OFF button on the back of the
camera to turn on the LCD monitor.
3. Press the button at the top-right of the LCD
monitor repeatedly until Auto Exposure is
displayed.
4. To make fine exposure adjustments, press the
LCD monitor buttons next to
to raise or lower
the exposure value.