Exposure mode – HP 850 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips

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Exposure mode

This

Capture

menu option allows you

to override the automatic exposure

settings on the camera. The

Exposure

Mode

setting determines how the

camera selects the aperture and

shutter speed for the given scene

brightness.
The default

Exposure Mode

setting is

Auto

. The

Exposure

Mode

setting resets to

Auto

when you turn the camera off.

When you set

Exposure Mode

to

Action

,

Landscape

, or

Portrait

, the

ISO Speed

menu option is grayed-out.

Icon Setting

Description

None Auto

Camera automatically selects an aperture

and shutter speed

Action

Camera biases toward faster shutter

speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop

action

Landscape

Camera biases toward smaller apertures

and lower ISO speeds for better depth of

focus and quality

Portrait

Camera biases toward wider apertures to

blur the background and uses lower

contrast for professional-looking portraits

Av

Aperture

Priority

You select a specific aperture value in

Live View

, then the camera selects the

appropriate shutter speed

Tv

Shutter

Priority

You select a specific shutter speed in

Live View

, then the camera selects the

appropriate aperture value

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