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S Shutter-preferred exposure mode

You control and choose the shutter speed (using the Rear

Command dial) and the D300 automatically picks the

correct aperture to create a properly exposed image. The

aperture chosen is incremented in 1/3 stops in this mode

with the default camera settings. When you shoot sports

or other fast moving action, Shutter-priority exposure

mode gives you the ability to set an action-stopping

shutter speed and let the camera do the rest.

Professionals who shoot sports tend to use this exposure

M Manual exposure mode

You control and choose both aperture (Front Command

dial) and shutter speed (Rear Command dial); the D300

advises you on exposure by activating an analog metering

bar in the viewfinder and top LCD showing what your

current choices would produce:

underexposure

correct exposure

overexposure

The number of bars indicate how much under or over

exposed the image may be (in the default settings, as

shown here, each bar is 1/3 of a stop, so the under and

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