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Focus indicator. This is a green dot that lets you know whether the camera
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detects that the scene is in focus. When focus is achieved, the green dot lights
up; if the camera is not in focus, no dot is displayed. On either side of the dot is
an arrow. When the left arrow lights up, the focus is in between the camera and
the subject; when the right arrow lights up, the focus is falling behind the sub-
ject. Both arrows blinking indicates that the camera is unable to achieve focus.
AE-Lock indicator (
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Autoexposure has been locked.
FV-Lock indicator (
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in the fl ash exposure value. The fl ash value (FV) can only be locked when the
Function (
) (or Preview) button has been set to do this.
Flash sync indicator ( ). This indicator comes on when you set your camera to
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the sync speed in Custom Setting menu (
Shutter-priority auto ( ) or Manual ( ) exposure mode. To set the camera to the
preset sync speed, dial the shutter speed down one setting past the longest
shutter time, which is 30 seconds in Shutter-priority auto ( ) and Bulb shooting
mode (
) in Manual exposure mode ( ).
Shutter speed/AF mode. This indicator shows how long your shutter is set to
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stay open, from 30 seconds (30") up to 1/8000 (8000) second. When you press
the AF mode button, this shows your AF mode setting Auto-servo AF (
Continuous Servo AF (
Aperture stop indicator ( ). This indicator appears when a non-CPU lens is
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attached that hasn't had non-CPU lens data entered. The camera displays the
aperture steps in numbers. When wide open, the indicator reads F0, and each
stop you click down is another full number; for example, stop down to f/5.6
when using an f/2.8 lens and the indicator reads F2. Stop down to f/22 and it
reads F6, which is 6 stops away from f/2.8.
Aperture number. This indicator shows your current aperture setting. The
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words aperture and f-stop are used interchangeably. Your aperture setting indi-
cates how wide your lens opening is. The aperture setting appears as numbers
(1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, and so on).
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Exposure/Exposure compensation/Roll. When the bars are in the center, you
are at the proper settings to get a good exposure according to the camera's
metering mode settings; when the bars are to the left, you are underexposed,
and when the bars are to the right, you are overexposing your image at those
settings (you can reverse this in Custom Setting menu (
Chapter 1
Exploring the Nikon D7100
). When this indicator lights up, you know that the
). When this indicator lights up, it means you have locked
), or Single-servo AF (
) e1. This setting is only available in
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