we use one memory register for our scientific photography—manual focus, manual exposure, spot metering, custom WB, and ISO 100. We use another memory register for our artistic photography—continuous autofocus, continuous shooting, face recognition, and ISO 400. When we want to switch registers, we turn the mode dial from M1 to M2 and press the cent

The selected shooting mode will determine whether you are focusing with the open aperture or the working aperture. When you use Sony FE lenses in P and S mode, they are set to their maximum aperture during live preview. As mentioned in chapter 5, these shooting modes use open-aperture metering. FE lenses maintain the widest aperture opening while y

Before we close this section, we will describe the Smart Zoom feature. You can use this feature only when you set the JPEG size to either [M] or [S].

For exposures longer than several seconds, this creates a tedious wait, so some people turn Long Exposure NR off. Most of our exposures are less than 1 second, so the wait is inconsequential. We have been pleased with the results for the few pictures we have taken with exposures of several seconds or more. If we take exposures of 30 seconds or long