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Balanced fill-flash operation
A method of flash photography which keeps flash brightness
in
balance with the ambient light. N6000 provides automatic
balanced fill-flash operation with Nikon-dedicated
TIL
con-
trolled Speedlights.
Center-Weighted metering
An
SLR
light meter, invented by Nikon, which concentrates its
sensitivity on the center portion of the camera's viewing areas.
CPU
Central Processing
Unit.
The electronic component which con-
trols equipment functions.
AF Nikkor and AI-P-Nikkor lenses have a built-in
CPU.
Depth of field
The zone of acceptable sharpness
in
front of and behind the
subject on which the lens is focused.
OX
code
Film information code printed on the film cartridge. The N6000,
set
at
auto film speed setting mode, automatically senses the
fi
lm speed (I
SO
25 to 5000) of OX-coded
fi
lm
th
e instant
it
is
loaded.
EV
Exposure
Va
l
ue.
A number representing the available combi-
nations of shutter speed and aperture that give the same expo-
sure effect when the scene brightness and
ISO
remain the
same.
At
ISO
100,
the combination of a one-second shutter speed
78
and an aperture of
111.4
is
defined
as
EV1
.
The camera's meter may be used only within
EV
range of the
exposure meter.
For
example, with the N6000, exposure meter-
ing range is from
EVO-EV19
at
ISO
100 with
111.4
lens.
Exposure compensation
Exposure compensation for available light
is
performed by
changing shutter speed and/or aperture via auto exposure
lock l
ever,
exposure compensation button
or
auto exposure
bracketing.
In flash photography
wi
th a Nikon-dedicated
TIL
Speed light,
exposure compensation
is
also performed by varying the
amount 6f flash light output.
Exposure compensation made on camera affects both fore-
ground subject and backgro
un
d while varying flash output
amount affects only foreground.
Exposure control
Programmed auto: Camera controls both shutter speed and
aperture for co
rr
ect exposure.
Shutter-p
ri
ority auto: User
se
lects shutter speed and camera
chooses aperture for correct exposure.
Aperture-priority aut
o:
User
se
lects aperture and camera
chooses shutter speed for correct exposure.
Manual:
User
select both shutter speed and aperture with the
meter's recommendations for correct exposure.
