3Choose a flash mode.

Press the M(Y) button and rotate the main command dial until the desired flash mode icon is displayed in the control panel (0 183).

M(Y) button Main command dial

Control panel

4Check exposure (shutter speed and aperture).

Press the shutter-release button halfway and check shutter speed and aperture. The settings available when the built-in flash is raised are listed in “Shutter Speeds and Apertures Available with the Built-in Flash” (0 184).

The effects of the flash can be previewed by pressing the depth-of-field preview button to emit a modeling flash (0 307).

5Take the picture.

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Compose the photograph, focus, and shoot.

ALowering the Built-in Flash

To save power when the flash is not in use, press it gently downward until the latch clicks into place.

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Nikon 25480 Choose a flash mode, Check exposure shutter speed and aperture, 182, MY button Main command dial Control panel