Nikon F65D instruction manual Basic Operation, About Shutter Release Button

About Shutter Release Button

Lightly pressing the shutter release button and holding it halfway down activates the camera’s exposure meter and pressing it all the way down releases the shutter.

Before Lightly pressing pressing

1 Lightly press the shutter release button.

•When the focus mode selector is set to AF (autofocus), camera starts to focus on the subject when the shutter release button is lightly pressed (page 30).

•Lightly pressing the shutter release button activates the indications in the LCD panel and viewfinder (for approx. 5 sec. from removal of finger). (See page 17 for the exposure meter.)

BASIC OPERATION

This section features the settings for most common picture-taking situations using AUTO mode (a) to enable easy operation even for the inexperienced beginner.

2 Fully depress the shutter release button.

• Fully depressing the shutter release button releases shutter and film automatically advances to the next frame.

Lightly Fully pressing depressing

NOTE: Camera shake

Pressing the shutter release button abruptly can result in picture blur. Make sure to press the shutter release button slowly.

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Shooting modes/functions explained in this section are as follows:

Lens attached	D-t	yp	e AF Nikkor
Focus mode	AF		(autofocus)
Focus area	Dynamic AF Mode with
	Closest-Subject Priority*
Exposure metering	Six	-	segment 3D Matrix
system	Me	te	ring*
Exposure mode	AU	TO mode (a)
Flash sync mode	Fro	nt	-Curtain Sync (fi)*

* Automatically set when AUTO mode is selected.

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