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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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