Olympus C-5050 Zoom - Manual (Page 60)

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3 Mode dial and direct button functions
Mode dial
The mode dial is used to select a shooting or playback mode. The shooting
modes include modes where the optimal settings for the situation are
automatically selected, and modes where you can select the settings best
suited to the shooting conditions and the effect you wish to achieve.
Setting-related modes
Program shooting
Allows you to take still pictures. The camera sets the aperture and shutter
speed. Other functions, such as flash modes and drive modes, can be
adjusted manually.
Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually. The camera sets the shutter speed
automatically. By decreasing the aperture value (F-number), the camera will
focus within a smaller range, producing a picture with a blurred background.
Increasing the value forces the camera to focus over a wider range in the
forward and backward directions, resulting in a picture in which both the
subject and the background are in focus.
“Aperture priority shooting” (P.91)
Playback
mode
Setting-related
modes
Shooting
modes
Situation-
related modes