Nikon COOLPIX5400 Shutter-Priority Auto, Controlling Exposure, Ultra HS, Faster Shutter Speeds

	Controlling Exposure
	S: Shutter-Priority Auto
More	In shutter-priority auto, the user selects the shutter speed by rotating the
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	command dial; aperture is set automatically by the camera in response to
on	lighting conditions. Shutter speed can be set to values between 8 s and /4000 s
	in increments equivalent to 1 EV (one step).
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	Select mode S.	Shutter speed displayed in monitor.

If the selected shutter speed would result in the picture being under- or over- exposed, the shutter speed display in the monitor will flash when the shut- ter-release button is pressed halfway. Choose another shutter speed and try again. At slow shutter speeds, the shutter-speed indicator in the monitor will turn yellow to show that “noise” in the form of randomly-spaced, brightly- colored pixels may appear in the final photograph. We recommend that you either choose a faster shutter speed or use noise reduction ( 111).

Ultra HS

When Ultra HS is selected in the Continuous menu ( 63), the frame advance rate is fixed at thirty frames per second, with the result that shutter speed can not be set

to a value slower than	/30 s.
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Faster Shutter Speeds

When a shutter speed of	/4000 s is selected in shutter-priority auto, aperture is restricted
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to values between f/4.4 and f/7.9 when the camera is zoomed all the way out, or to f/7.3 when the camera is zoomed all the way in. If you are unable to achieve optimum exposure in shutter-priority auto, choose aperture-priority auto (exposure mode A), zoom the camera all the way out, and select the smallest aperture (largest f/-number). Depending on the amount of light available, it may be possible to achieve optimum

exposure at shutter speeds as fast as	/4000 s ( /8000 s in Ultra HS mode).
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