Shooting Features

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Features That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously

Restricted function

Setting

Description

White balance

Picture Control

When Monochrome is selected for shooting,

(A54)

White balance is fixed at Auto (normal).

 

 

 

 

Active D-Lighting

When using Active D-Lightingfor shooting,

Picture Control

Contrast in manual adjustment cannot be

 

(A56)

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

Metering

Active D-Lighting

When Active D-Lightingis set to any mode other

(A56)

than Off, Metering is reset to Matrix.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous and Exposure bracketing are not

 

Continuous

available simultaneously.

 

Exposure bracketing is reset to Off when

 

(A55)/Exposure

 

Continuous is set to any mode other than Single.

 

bracketing

 

The setting for Continuous is reset to Single

Continuous/

(A55)

when Exposure bracketing is set to any mode

 

Exposure

 

other than Off.

bracketing

 

 

Self-timer

Continuous or Exposure bracketing and self-

 

 

(A63)/Smile

timer/smile timer are not available simultaneously.

 

timer (A64)

 

 

 

 

 

Picture Control

Exposure bracketing cannot be used when

 

(A54)

Monochrome is selected for shooting.

 

 

 

 

Smile timer

The camera takes a picture using face detection

 

(A64)

regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

 

 

 

 

 

When a setting other than Subject tracking is

 

 

selected and B(infinity) is selected as the focus

 

Focus mode

mode for shooting, the camera focuses at infinity

 

(A66)

regardless of the applied AF area mode option.

 

 

When set to E(manual focus), the AF area

AF area mode

 

mode cannot be set.

 

Picture Control

When Target finding AF is selected and Picture

 

Control is set to Monochrome, AF area mode

 

(A54)

 

operates using the Auto setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Target finding AF is selected and White

 

White balance

balance is set to Preset manual, Incandescent

 

(A55)

or 1 in Fluorescent, AF area mode operates using

 

 

the Auto setting.

 

 

 

 

Smile timer

Autofocus mode option cannot be changed when

 

(A64)

shooting with the smile timer.

 

 

 

Autofocus mode

Focus mode

When the focus mode is set to B(infinity), the

(A66)

focus mode operates using the Single AF setting.

 

 

 

 

AF area mode

When AF area mode is set to Face priority, AF

 

(A55)

area mode operates using the Single AF setting.

 

 

 

Active D-

ISO sensitivity

When ISO sensitivity is set to 1600, 3200 or Hi 1,

Lighting

(A55)

Active D-Lighting is not available.

 

 

 

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Nikon P310 manual Features That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously, White balance is fixed at Auto normal

P310 specifications

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