A, B, C, DModes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)

A(Programmed auto)

Use for automatic control of the exposure by the camera.

 

Different combinations of shutter speed and aperture

 

value can be selected without changing the exposure

 

by rotating the main command dial (“flexible

 

program”). While flexible program is in effect, a flexible

 

program mark (A) is displayed next to the mode

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indicator (A) in the upper left of the monitor screen.

 

To cancel flexible program, rotate the main command dial until the flexible program mark (A) is no longer displayed, or press the g(AE-L/AF-L) button while pressing the w1 button. Selecting another shooting mode, or turning off the camera, also cancels flexible program.

Shooting Features

B(Shutter-priority auto)

Use to shoot fast moving subjects with a fast shutter speed, or use to emphasize the movements of a moving subject with a slow shutter speed.

The shutter speed can be adjusted by rotating the main command dial.

C(Aperture-priority auto)

Use to bring subjects including both the foreground and background into focus or blur the subject's background intentionally.

The aperture value can be adjusted by rotating the sub-command dial.

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F5.6

1280

1/250

F5.6

1280

D(Manual)

Use to control the exposure according to shooting

 

requirements.

 

When adjusting the aperture value or shutter speed,

 

the degree of deviation from the exposure value

 

measured by the camera is displayed in the exposure

 

indicator of the monitor screen. The degree of

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deviation in the exposure indicator is displayed in EVs

Exposure indicator

(–3 to +3 EV in increments of 1/3 EV).

 

The shutter speed can be adjusted by rotating the main command dial and the aperture value can be adjusted by rotating the sub-command dial.

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Nikon COOLPIXP7700BLK manual AProgrammed auto, BShutter-priority auto, CAperture-priority auto, Manual