5: Shutter-Priority Auto - Nikon D700 User Manual

5:
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:
1
Select exposure
mode S.
Press the MODE button and
rotate the main command
dial until
5
is displayed in
the viewfinder and
control panel.
~
125 F5.6
2
Choose a shutter speed.
While the exposure meters are active,
rotate the main command dial to choose
the desired shutter speed. Shutter speed
can be set to
/Ix
25
0"
or to values
between 30 s
(30")
and
1/8,000
s (Booo). Use slow shutter
speeds to suggest motion by blurring moving objects, high
shutter speeds to /lfreeze" motion.
Fast shutter speed
(l/1,600
s)
Slow shutter speed
(1/ 6
s)
3
Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.
B
See Also
See page 411 for information on what to do if flashing "bLl
t
b" indicator
appears in the shutter-speed displays.
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