Nikon D70SBODY manual Digital Vari-Programs, Creative Photography, Focus

Tutorial—Digital Vari-Programs

Digital Vari-Programs

Creative Photography

The D70S offers a choice of seven Digital Vari-Pro- gram modes. Selecting a program automatically optimizes settings to suit the selected scene, mak- ing creative photography as simple as rotating the mode dial.

Digital Vari-Programs are available with CPU lenses only. When a non-CPU lens is attached, the shutter release is disabled. See “Camera Settings” ( 182) for information on the options available in Digital Vari-Program modes.

Auto

Use for snapshots. Camera settings are automatically adjust- ed according to subject and lighting, producing vivid, smooth images with balanced saturation, color, and sharpness.

•Flash set to front-curtain sync. Other modes can be se- lected ( 96).

Portrait

Use for portraits. Main subject stands out clearly while background details are softened, lending composition sense of depth.

•Degree of softening depends on amount of light available. Increase distance between subject and background or use telephoto lens for best results.

•Flash set to front-curtain sync. Other modes can be selected ( 96).

Landscape

Use for vivid landscape shots that enhance outlines, colors, and contrast in such subjects as skyscapes and forests.

•Use wide-angle lens for wider field of view.

•Built-in Speedlight and AF-assist illuminator turn off auto- matically and will not fire even when lighting is poor.

Focus

Except in mode, the camera automatically selects the focus area containing the subject closest to the camera. Once the camera has focused on this subject, a beep will sound ( excepted), the selected focus area will be highlighted ( 8), and focus will lock. If the subject moves out of the selected focus area before the camera has focused, the camera will focus based on information from other focus areas.

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