Olympus E-420 - Manual (Page 5)

Basic guide
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• For more advanced shooting and greater creative control, you can set the aperture value and
shutter speed.
• The settings made in the advanced shooting modes are retained even if the camera is turned off.
P Program shooting
Allows you to shoot using an aperture and shutter speed that
the camera sets. (
gP. 45)
A Aperture priority shooting
Allows you to set the aperture manually. The camera sets the
shutter speed automatically. (
gP. 46)
S Shutter priority shooting
Allows you to set the shutter speed manually. The camera
sets the aperture automatically. (
gP. 47)
M Manual shooting
Allows you to set the aperture and shutter speed manually.
(
gP. 48)
Types of scene modes
Icon Mode Icon Mode
I 1 PORTRAIT q 10 DIS MODE
L 2 LANDSCAPE J 11 MACRO
K 3 LANDSCAPE+PORTRAIT r 12 NATURE MACRO
G 4 NIGHT SCENE & 13 CANDLE
U 5 NIGHT+PORTRAIT * 14 SUNSET
G 6 CHILDREN ( 15 FIREWORKS
J 7 SPORT @ 16 DOCUMENTS
H 8 HIGH KEY s 17 PANORAMA
I 9 LOW KEY g 18 BEACH & SNOW
Advanced shooting modes
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