Canon EOS M Instruction Manual page 25

Mode Dial
Switches to <A> Scene Intelligent Auto, <z> Still Photos, or <k>
Movies.
Creative Zone
These modes give you more control for shooting various subjects. These modes give you more control for shooting various subjects. These modes give you more control for shooting various subjects.
Shoot still photos with <A> or <z>, or
shoot movies with <k>.
<A> Scene Intelligent Auto enables you to
just press the shutter button to take a picture
with the camera taking care of everything to
suit the subject or scene.
With <z> Still photos, you can select > Still photos, you can select > Still photos, you can select
Creative Zone modes or the Basic Zone Creative Zone modes or the Basic Zone Creative Zone modes or the Basic Zone
modes.
a : Manual exposure (p.148)
: : Manual exposure Manual exposure
f : Aperture-priority AE (p.144) f f
: : Aperture-priority AE Aperture-priority AE
s s : Shutter-priority AE (p.142) s
d d d
: Program AE (p.102)
Nomenclature
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