Nikon F 100 £ Aperture-Priority Auto, Set the aperture by rotating the Sub-Command Dial

Shooting in Each Exposure Mode—continued

•£: Aperture-Priority Auto

Enables you to set the desired aperture manually. The camera automatically selects a shutter speed suitable for correct exposure. By varying the aperture, and thus controlling the depth of field, you can sharpen the background and foreground, or blur the background. In flash photography, varying the aperture changes the flash shooting distance (page 85).

1 Rotate the Main-Command Dial while pressing the exposure mode ∆ button to select £.

•When CPU Nikkor lens other than G-type is not set to its minimum aperture setting, ƒEE blinks in the LCD panel and viewfinder, and the shutter locks.

•When a non-CPU lens is attached, set/confirm aperture with the lens aperture ring since ƒ--appears instead of the aperture value in the LCD panel and viewfinder.

·22: Aperture can be set to change only with the lens aperture ring (page 75).

2 Set the aperture by rotating the Sub-Command Dial.

·12: Aperture can be set to change with Main-Command Dial (page 73).

Locking aperture

To lock aperture set at step 2, rotate the Sub-Command Dial while pressing the shutter speed/aperture lock button

— so aperture lock indication ¬ appears in the LCD panel and viewfinder. To release the lock, rotate

the Sub-Command Dial while pressing

the shutter speed/aperture lock button

— so aperture lock indication ¬ disappears in the LCD panel and viewfinder.

3	Compose picture, focus and shoot.
	• When the subject is too dark or too bright, one of the following warnings
	will appear in the LCD panel or viewfinder. (Electronic analog exposure
	display will also indicate the amount of under- or overexposure.)
	• H1: Select smaller aperture (larger f-number). If the warning indication
	persists, use an ND filter.
	• Lo: Select larger aperture (smaller f-number). If the warning indication
	persists, use the Speedlight.	Exposure
	· 2: Shutter speed/aperture value displayed in the LCD panel and

viewfinder can be set to change in steps of 1/2 or one (page 71).

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