Nikon D7000 manual Shutter-Priority

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with a bit of experience in choosing settings. Many seasoned photographers leave their D7000 set on A all the time. The exposure indicator scale in the status panel and viewfinder indicate the amount of under- or overexposure.

Shutter-Priority

Shutter-priority (S) is the inverse of Aperture-priority: you choose the shutter speed you’d like to use, and the camera’s metering system selects the appropriate f/stop. Perhaps you’re shooting action photos and you want to use the absolute fastest shutter speed available with your camera; in other cases, you might want to use a slow shutter speed to add some blur to a sports photo that would be mundane if the action were completely frozen. (See the ends of the hockey sticks in Figure 4.14.) Shutter-priority mode gives you some control over how much action-freezing capability your digital camera brings to bear in a particular situation.

You’ll also encounter the same problem as with Aperture-priority when you select a shut- ter speed that’s too long or too short for correct exposure under some conditions. I’ve

Figure 4.14 Lock the shutter at a specific speed to introduce blur into an action shot.