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Tutorial—Basic Photography

Step 3—Adjust Camera Settings

When the mode dial is rotated to , camera settings are automatically ad- justed to produce optimal results in most situations. Image quality, image size, sensitivity, and shooting mode are set to the values in the table below. See “Taking Photographs” ( 35).

 

Shooting mode

Image quality

Sensitivity is displayed only

 

when ISO button is pressed.

Image size

 

Option

Default

Image

NORM

quality

(JPEG Normal)

Image

L

size

(Large)

Sensitivity

200

Shooting

 

mode

(Single frame)

Description

 

 

 

Pictures are compressed for balance between im-

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age quality and file size that is ideal for snapshots.

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Images are 3,008 × 2,000 pixels in size.

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Sensitivity (digital equivalent of film speed) set to

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value roughly equivalent to ISO 200.

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One photograph is taken each time shutter-release-

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button is pressed.

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Nikon D70 manual Adjust Camera Settings, Shooting mode, Quality, Mode, Button is pressed