Owner's Manual

4 Check 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 below.
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See page Aperture
Value selected
by user 3
Set automatically
by camera
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Mode Shutter speed
Set automatically by camera
(11250 S_1/
60
S) 1,2
Value selected by user
(112505-30 S) 2
Set automatically by camera
('12505-'/60 S) ',2
Value selected by user
('/250 s-30 5, b,-, t b) 2
1 Shutter speed may be set as slow as 30s in slow sync, slow rear-curtain
sync, and slow sync
with red-eye reduction flash modes.
2 Speeds
as fast as ,/s,ooo s are available with optional SB-900, SB-800,
and SB-600 flash units
when 1/320 s (Auto FP) or 1/250 s (Auto FP) is
selected for Custom Setting e1 (Flash sync speed, 0 281).
3 Flash range varies
with aperture and ISO sensitivity. Consult table of
flash ranges (0 174) when setting aperture in P. and rl modes.
The effects of the flash can be previewed by pressing the
depth-of-field preview button to emit a modeling preflash
(0289).
rn 5 Take the picture.
Compose the photograph, focus, and shoot. If the flash-ready
indicator
(~) blinks for about three seconds after the
photograph is taken, the flash has fired at full output and the
photograph may be underexposed. Check the results in the
monitor. If the photograph is underexposed, adjust settings
and
try again.
B See Also
See page 282 for information on 1/320 s (Auto FP).
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