Nikon 2000 User Manual
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Tu
torial—Getting Cr
eative
Use for portraits. Main subject stands out clearly while back-
ground details are softened, lending the composition a sense
of depth.
Portrait
• Degree of softening depends on amount of light available.
Vividly captures the brightness of such subjects as snow-
fields, beaches, or sunlight expanses of water.
Beach/Snow
Use for shots that provide a natural balance between the
main subject and the background when shooting portraits
against a backdrop of night scenery.
Night Portrait
• Flash is set to
(auto with red-eye reduction;
43).
This mode is used to record NORMAL-quality silent movies 320
×
240 pixels
in size (QVGA) at a rate of about fifteen frames per second. Recording
begins when the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down and
ends when the shutter-release button is fully pressed a second time.
• In place of the number of exposures remaining, the exposure-count dis-
play in monitor shows the length of the movie that can be recorded.
• Movie ends automatically after twenty seconds or when no more space is
available on the memory card.
• Movies are stored as QuickTime movie files ending in “.MOV”.
• The flash turns off (
) automatically, and digital zoom is disabled. Opti-
cal zoom can only be adjusted before shooting begins.
• Menus are disabled in movie mode.
Movie