Nikon S2J00200401 user manual Shutter-Priority Auto

Exposure Mode (continued)

ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY

—EXPOSURE MODE

Shutter-Priority Auto

In shutter-priority auto, the user sets the shutter speed, while the camera automati- cally adjusts aperture to produce the optimal exposure. Shutter speed can be set to values between thirty and 1/16,000 seconds. Use high shutter speeds to “freeze” motion, low shutter speeds to blur moving objects. Shutter-priority auto is only available with CPU lenses.

To take photographs in shutter-priority auto:

1Pressing the MODE button, rotate the main command dial until is displayed in the control panel on top of the camera.

2Rotatespeed. the main command dial to choose a shutter

3Frame a photograph and shoot.

Lens Aperture Ring

If the lens aperture ring has not been set to the minimum aperture, the viewfinder and control

panel on top of the camera will show a blinking , and the shutter release will be disabled. This does not apply in the case of type G lenses, which do not have an aperture ring.

Non-CPU Lenses

If shutter-priority auto is selected when a non-CPU lens is attached, the exposure mode will automatically be set to aperture-priority auto (A). The aperture display in the viewfinder and

the control panel on top of the camera will show , the in the control panel on top of the camera will blink, and the exposure-mode display in the viewfinder will show to indicate that aperture must be set manually using the lens aperture ring.

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