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About Shutter Release Button
BASIC OPERATION
This section features the settings for most
common picture-taking situations using
AUTO mode (a) to enable easy operation
even for the inexperienced beginner.
Shooting modes/functions explained in this section
are as follows:
Lens attached D-type AF Nikkor
Focus mode AF (autofocus)
Focus area
Dynamic AF Mode with
Closest-Subject Priority*
Exposure metering Six-segment 3D Matrix
system Metering*
Exposure mode AUTO mode (a)
Flash sync mode Front-Curtain Sync (fi)*
Lightly pressing the shutter release button and holding it halfway down
activates the camera’s exposure meter and pressing it all the way down
releases the shutter.
1
Lightly press the shutter release button.
•When the focus mode selector is set to AF
(autofocus), camera starts to focus on the subject
when the shutter release button is lightly pressed
(page 30).
•Lightly pressing the shutter release button
activates the indications in the LCD panel and
viewfinder (for approx. 5 sec. from removal of
finger). (See page 17 for the exposure meter.)
2
Fully depress the shutter release button.
•Fully depressing the shutter release button
releases shutter and film automatically advances to
the next frame.
NOTE: Camera shake
Pressing the shutter release button abruptly can result in picture blur. Make sure
to press the shutter release button slowly.
* Automatically set when AUTO mode is selected.
Before
pressing
Lightly
pressing
Lightly
pressing
Fully
depressing
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