Nikon 55, 3699 About exposure mode, Symbol Exposure mode, Characteristics/Shooting situations

• About exposure mode

Four exposure modes besides 8 and five Vari -Program modes are available with this camera. Utilizing the characteristics of each exposure mode, effective results can be achieved with various types of subjects or shooting situations. And the five Vari -Program modes enable you to easily choose proper exposure controls by simply selecting the desired mode for various shooting situations.

See each reference page for operating instructions and details.

Symbol Exposure mode

~AUTO P. 28

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~ Portrait P. 37

E rJ Landscape P. 37

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eOJ ~ Close-Up P. 38

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~~Qj Sports ContinuousP.38

~Ni~htP. 9 Portrait

p Auto-Multi Program P. 54

Shutter-Priority

S Auto P. 56

Apertu re-Priority

A Auto P. 58

M Manual P. 60

Characteristics/Shooting situations

The easiest exposure mode for general shooting. Camera controls shutter speed and aperture automatically depending on the subject's brightness-allowing you to freely take pictures. concentrating only on tile shutter release opportunity.

Use this mode to take portraits.The background is blurred to accentuate your main subject.

Use this mode to take pictures of distant scenes. The overall landscape will be sharply focused .This mode is also suitable for capturing nighttime or twilight scenes.

Use this mode to take up-close pictures of subjects such as flowers or insects. Your close-ups will be taken with an artistically blurred background.

Use this mode to take sports pictures. Using a fast shutter speed. it freezes the motion of fast·movingsubjects to create exciting action photos. Continuous shooting is possible witll this mode.

Use this mode for subjects with an evening or night background.This mode captures all lighting in tile scene, including the foreground subject which is illuminated by tile flash, and the background.

Camera controls shutter speed and aperture automatically, while allowing you to make other settings, such as Flexible Program (page 55) or Exposure Compensation (page

64).

You set desired shutter speed, and tile camera selects the correct aperture. Freeze the motion of a moving subject using a fast shutter speed or blur the subject using a slower speed.

You set the desired aperture, and the camera selects the correct shutter speed. Lets you determine depth of the in-focus area, so you can choose whether near or far subjects are in sharp focus, or whether foreground or background is to be blurred.

Shutter speed and aperture are set manually. Suitable for situations where it is difficult to attain tile desired effect using other exposure modes. Long Time exposure is possible with this exposure mode.

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