Setting The Exposure Mode - HP photosmart 930 series User Manual

Setting the exposure mode

NOTE
The exposure mode setting does not apply when you
are recording video clips.
The Exposure Mode
select between five exposure
modes for the still pictures you
take. The exposure mode setting
determines how the camera
selects the ISO speed, F-number
(aperture), and shutter speed for
the given scene brightness.
Simply turn the
The following table describes each of the exposure mode
settings on the camera.
Icon Setting
Auto
Action
Landscape
Portrait
Av
Aperture
Priority
Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips
dial lets you
Exposure Mode
Description
The camera automatically selects an
aperture and shutter speed.
The camera biases toward faster shutter
speeds and higher ISO speeds to stop
action.
The camera biases toward smaller
apertures and lower ISO speeds for better
depth of focus and quality.
The camera biases toward wider apertures
to blur the background and uses lower
contrast for professional-looking portraits.
You select one of two specific apertures
(F-numbers) in
buttons. Then the camera selects
the appropriate shutter speed.
dial to the setting you want.
Live View by using the
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