Nikon D90 Manual page 18

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Part I Using the Nikon D90
When focus is achieved, the green
dot lights up; if the camera isn't in
focus, no dot is displayed. When
the camera attempts to fi nd focus,
this indicator blinks.
AE Lock indicator. When this is lit,
you know that the Autoexposure
Lock button has been pressed.
FV Lock indicator. When the FV
Lock indicator is on, it means you
have locked in the fl ash exposure
value. The fl ash value can only be
locked when the Function (Fn) but-
ton has been set to do this.
Shutter speed display. This shows
how long your shutter is set to stay
open.
Aperture/f-stop display. This
shows what your current lens
opening setting is.
Electronic analog exposure dis-
play. Although Nikon gives this fea-
ture a long and confusing name, in
simpler terms, this is your light
meter. When the bars are in the
center, you're at the proper settings
for good exposure; when the bars
are to the left, you're underex-
posed; and when the bars are to
the right, you're overexposing your
image. This feature is especially
handy in getting the proper expo-
sure when using Manual mode.
When in P, S, and A mode, this
meter shows you the exposure
level when exposure compensation
is being applied.
Battery indicator. This icon dis-
plays how much of a charge
remains in the battery.
FEC indicator. When this is dis-
played, your Flash Exposure
Compensation is on.
WB bracketing indicator. This icon
is shown when your auto-bracketing
is set to white balance and bracket-
ing is turned on. You can change
the bracketing set in CSM e4.
Bracketing indicator. This icon
appears when auto-bracketing is
turned on.
Exposure compensation indica-
tor. When this appears in the view-
fi nder, your camera has exposure
compensation activated and you
may not get a correct exposure.
Auto ISO indicator. This is dis-
played when the Automatic ISO
setting is activated to let you know
that the camera is controlling the
ISO settings.
ISO sensitivity indicator. This tells
you what the ISO sensitivity is cur-
rently set to.
Remaining exposures. By default,
this set of numbers lets you know
how many more exposures can fi t
on the SD card. The actual number
of exposures may vary according to
fi le information and compression.
When the Shutter Release button is
half-pressed, the display changes to
show how many exposures can fi t
in the camera's buff er before the
buff er is full and the frame rate
slows down. The buff er is in-camera
RAM that stores your image data
while the data is being written to
the memory card. When recording
a WB preset, this fl ashes PRE. When
setting Flash Exposure