Shooting in Each Exposure Mode—continued

£: Aperture-Priority Auto

Enables you to set the desired aperture (lens’ minimum to maximum) 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 (x 163).

1 While pressing the exposure mode MODE button, rotate the Main-Command Dial to select £.

2 3

Set the aperture by rotating the Sub- Command Dial.

Compose picture, focus and shoot.

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Nikon 1799 instruction manual £ Aperture-Priority Auto