About Shutter Release Button; Basic Operation 1 - Nikon F55 - F55 35mm SLR Camera Instruction Manual

About Shutter Release Button

Lightly pressing the shutter release button and holding it halfway down
activates the camera's exposure meter and pressing it all the way down
releases the shutter.
1 Lightly press the shutter release button.
Before pressing Lightly pressing
2 Fully depress the shutter release button.
Lightly pressing Fully
depressing
NOTE: Camera shake
Pressing the shutter release button abruptly can result in picture blur. Make sure to
press the shutter release button slowly.
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• When the focus mode selector is set to AF
(autofocus), camera starts to focus on the
subject when the shutter release button is
lightly pressed (page 30).
• Lightly pressing the shutter release button
activates the indications in the LCD panel
and viewfinder (for approx. 5 sec. from
removal of finger). (See page 17 for
information on the exposure meter.)
• Fully depressing the shutter release button
releases shutter and film automatically
advances to the next frame.

BASIC OPERATION 1

This section features the settings for most
common picture-taking situations using
AUTO mode ( ) to enable easy operation
even for beginners.
Shooting modes/functions explained in this section are as follows:
Lens attached G-type AF Nikkor (P. 18)
Focus mode AF (autofocus) (P. 26)
Dynamic AF Mode with Closest-
Focus area
Subject Priority* (P. 26)
Exposure metering system Five-segment 3D Matrix
Metering* (P. 28)
Exposure mode AUTO mode (
Flash sync mode Front-Curtain Sync ( )* (P. 78)
* Automatically set when AUTO mode is selected.
) (P. 28)
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