Nikon D60BODY, D60OUTFIT, 25438 Diopter Adjustment, Exposure Meters On/Off and Auto Meter-Off

“Point-and-Shoot” Photography (e(Auto) Mode)

CDiopter Adjustment

For more information on adjusting viewfinder focus, see “Adjusting Viewfinder Focus (Diopter Adjustment)” (A 26).

CExposure Meters On/Off and Auto Meter-Off

This camera is equipped with exposure meters, which meter the brightness of the subject. Exposure meters are activated with the following situations:

•When the camera is turned on

•When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway while the camera is on

•When K(L) is pressed while the camera is on

When exposure meters are on, the viewfinder display, or Shooting information display, will turn on, and shooting information such as shutter speed, aperture, and number of exposures remaining can be confirmed (A 7, 9).

Exposure meters turn off automatically in conjunction with the Auto meter-offsetting (A 114). Auto meter-off is a function that reduces the drain on the battery. At default settings, exposure meters turn off if the shutter-release button is not pressed, even halfway, and no operations are performed for eight seconds. The length of time before exposure meters turn off can be adjusted using Custom Setting 15 (Auto off timers; A 114). Exposure meters are also active whenever the monitor is on with operations other than shooting, such as playback and when navigating camera menus (Playback/menus), or with image review immediately after a photograph is shot (Image review). However, exposure meters turn off when the monitor turns off, as specified with the auto off timers setting.

CShooting Info Auto Off

The eye sensor under the viewfinder is activated when your face comes closer to the viewfinder with shooting while the exposure meters are on, and turns the Shooting information display off (default setting) to reduce the drain on the battery. When the camera is lowered, or otherwise distanced from your face, the viewfinder display turns off and the Shooting information display turns on again. This option can be disabled using the Shooting info auto off option in the setup menu (A 123). However, the Shooting information display will turn off when auto meter off is activated, regardless of the option selected for Shooting info auto off.

Basic Photography

	Set
When not looking through		When looking through
	the viewfinder		the viewfinder/
		pressing the shutter-
		release button halfway

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