Nikon 990 - Manual (Page 44)

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Advanced Photo
graph
y:
Exposur
e Mode
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* appears in control
panel and LCD monitor
to indicate that flexible
program is in effect.
When monitor is on,
values for shutter speed
and aperture are
displayed in control
panel and LCD monitor
(values are not displayed
in control panel when
monitor is off).
Rotate
Exposure compensation
Exposure bracketing
For more information on:
Programmed Auto
In programmed auto, the camera automatically adjusts shutter
speed and aperture to produce the best exposure. Adjust-
ments to the exposure value selected by the camera can be
made using exposure compensation or exposure bracketing.
Flexible Program
When programmed auto is in effect, different combinations of
shutter speed and aperture can be selected using the com-
mand dial. Each combination of shutter speed and aperture
will produce the same exposure.
Aperture-Priority Auto
In aperture-priority auto, aperture can be chosen by rotating
the command dial. Aperture can be set to values between
maximum and minimum aperture in increments of 1 /
3
of a step.
Aperture displayed in
LCD monitor and
control panel
Rotate
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If the selected aperture value would result in the photograph
being over- or under-exposed, the aperture value displayed in
the control panel and LCD monitor will flash when the shut-
ter-release button is pressed halfway. Choose another aper-
ture setting and try again.
Flexible program is reset to the default aperture and shutter speed when
any of the following actions are performed:
• The camera is turned off
• The mode dial is turned to another setting
• Another exposure mode is chosen