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Shutter speed display/noise
reduction indicator. This shows
how long your shutter is set to stay
open. When the camera is per-
forming noise reduction "job nr" is
displayed here.
Aperture/f-stop display. This
shows what your current lens
opening setting is.
Electronic analog exposure dis-
play/Exposure compensation/
Rangefinder. Although Nikon
gives this feature a long and con-
fusing name, in simpler terms this
is your light meter. When the bars
are in the center you are at the
proper settings to get a good expo-
sure; when the bars are to the
right you are underexposed; and
when the bars are to the left you
are overexposing your image. This
feature is especially handy when
using Manual exposure. When the
Exposure Compensation button is
pressed this indicates how much
over- or underexposure is being
set. When the Rangefinder option
is turned on (CSM 19) this shows
you a bar graph that indicates dis-
tance. When the subject is in focus
there is one bar on either side of a
0. When the bars are displayed to
the left this indicates that you are
focused in front of the subject;
bars to the right indicate that the
focus is falling behind the subject.
Use the focus ring to adjust the
focus. The Rangefinder display is
not available when shooting in
Manual exposure mode. The range
finder function is only available in
Manual focus mode and is auto-
matically activated when you
attach a non-CPU manual focus
lens.
Chapter 1
Exploring the Nikon D60
FEC indicator. When this is dis-
played your Flash exposure com-
pensation is on.
Exposure compensation indica-
tor. When this appears in the
viewfinder, Exposure compensation
is activated, and you may not get a
correct exposure.
Remaining exposures. This set of
numbers lets you know how many
more exposures can fit on the
memory card. The actual number
of exposures may vary according to
file information and compression.
When the Shutter Release button is
half-pressed, the display changes
to show how many exposures can
fit in the camera's buffer before
the buffer is full and the frame
rate slows down. The buffer is in-
camera memory that stores your
image data while the data is being
written to the memory card. This
area also indicates that the white
balance is ready to be set by flash-
ing PRE it displays the amount of
exposure compensation and FEC
when the exposure compensation
button is pressed. It tells you
whether the Active D-Lighting is on
or off when the Active D-Lighting
button is pressed, and also indi-
cates when your camera is
attached to a computer.
Flash ready indicator. When this
is displayed the flash, whether it is
the built-in flash or an external
Speedlight attached to the hot
shoe, is fully charged and ready to
fire at full power.
Warning indicator. When this
question mark icon is flashing the
camera is warning you that there
may be a problem with your set-
tings. Press the Help button to
view the warning.
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