Nikon VAA109EA User Manual - Page 56

Exposure Mode

Get Nikon VAA109EA - D1 Digital Camera SLR PDF manuals and user guides View all Nikon VAA109EA manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 56 highlights

Exposure Mode The D1 offers a choice of four exposure modes: programmed auto, shutterpriority auto, aperture-priority auto, and manual. This section discusses shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto, and manual exposure modes. For more information on programmed auto, see "First Steps." - Shutter-priority auto In shutter-priority auto, you set the shutter speed; the camera automatically adjusts the aperture to produce the best exposure. Shutter speed can be set to a value between 30 and 1/16,000 seconds. High shutter speeds can be used to freeze motion, low shutter speeds to blur moving objects. To use shutter-priority auto: 1 Holding the MODE button down, rotate the main command dial until appears in the control panel on top of the camera. Note Photographs can only be taken in shutter-priority auto when the lens aperture ring is set to its maximum f-number. At other aperture settings, the aperture display in the viewfinder and the control panel on top of the camera will show a blinking FEE and the shutter will lock. Shutter-priority auto can only be used with CPU lenses. If another type of lens is attached, exposure mode is automatically set to aperture priority auto. The exposure mode display in the control panel on top of the camera will show a blinking S, and A will appear in the viewfinder. The aperture display in the viewfinder and the control panel on top of the camera will show F--, indicating that aperture must be set manually using the aperture ring on the lens. Noise may appear in photographs taken at slow shutter speeds (speeds of roughly one second or slower). Camera Settings: Exposure Mode 43

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
43
Note
Exposure Mode
The D1 offers a choice of four exposure modes: programmed auto, shutter-
priority auto, aperture-priority auto, and manual.
This section discusses
shutter-priority auto, aperture-priority auto, and manual exposure modes.
For
more information on programmed auto, see “First Steps.”
— Shutter-priority auto
In shutter-priority auto, you set the shutter speed;
the camera automatically adjusts the aperture
to produce the best exposure.
Shutter speed
can be set to a value between 30 and
1
/
16,000
seconds.
High shutter speeds can be used to
freeze motion, low shutter speeds to blur mov-
ing objects.
To use shutter-priority auto:
1
Holding the MODE button down, rotate the main
command dial until
appears in the control panel
on top of the camera.
Camera Settings: Exposure Mode
Photographs can only be taken in shutter-priority auto when the lens aperture ring is
set to its maximum f-number.
At other aperture settings, the aperture display in the
viewfinder and the control panel on top of the camera will show a blinking
FEE
and the
shutter will lock.
Shutter-priority auto can only be used with CPU lenses.
If another type of lens is
attached, exposure mode is automatically set to aperture priority auto.
The exposure
mode display in the control panel on top of the camera will show a blinking
S
, and
A
will appear in the viewfinder.
The aperture display in the viewfinder and the control
panel on top of the camera will show
F--
, indicating that aperture must be set manually
using the aperture ring on the lens.
Noise may appear in photographs taken at slow shutter speeds (speeds of roughly one
second or slower).