Mode m (manual) – Nikon D7000 User Manual

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Mode M (Manual)

In mode M, you control both shutter speed and aperture. To take photographs in
mode M:

1

Rotate the mode dial to M.

2

Choose aperture and shutter speed.

While the exposure meters are on, rotate the main command dial to choose a
shutter speed, and the sub-command dial to set aperture. Shutter speed can be
set to “

p” or to values between 30 s and

1

/

8,000

s, or the shutter can be held

open indefinitely for a long time-exposure (

A, 0 73). Aperture can be set

to values between the minimum and maximum for the lens. Use the exposure
indicators to check exposure.

3

Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot.

Shutter speed

Aperture

Main command dial

Sub-command dial

Mode dial

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