F: Shutter-Priority Auto - Nikon D3X User Manual

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f: Shutter-Priority Auto

In shutter-priority auto, you choose the shutter speed while the

camera automatically selects the aperture that will produce the

optimal exposure. To take photographs in shutter-priority auto:

Select exposure

Press the I button

and rotate the main

command dial until f

is displayed in the

viewfinder and top

control panel.

Choose a shutter speed.

Rotate the main command dial to

choose the desired shutter speed.

Shutter speed can be set to "p" (the

flash sync speed limit) or to values

between 30 s (q) and

speeds to suggest motion by blurring moving objects, high

shutter speeds to "freeze" motion.

Main command dial

s (o). Use slow shutter