Nikon D200 - Manual (Page 12)

If the D200 runs out of good apertures you easily can get under or over exposure in S
mode: watch that the D200 can select a correct aperture for your lighting.
M Mode: Manual
You set everything the hard way. I look at the LCD to check exposure. You can use the
bar graph in the finder - but why? If you wanted to do that use another mode and let the
D200 do the setting for you.
HINT: AUTO ISO doesn't deactivate in Manual mode. I always turn off AUTO ISO when I
enter Manual Mode.
HINT: You can see P, S, A and M displayed in the finder, so you can adjust this without
taking your eye from the finder.
Format (combined with MODE button): Hold this along with its brother on the back
of the camera (combined with the trash button). You'll get a blinking "For" on the top LCD.
Release and hold both of these again and you'll completely reformat your memory card.
Professionals reformat a card each and every time a card is put in in the camera. This is
because files and folder structures are sometimes messed up or changed when read with
a card reader or used in any other camera. Professionals prefer to be safe than sorry. We
don't use cards to archive previous photos. Reformatting completely renovates the card.
Erasing does not, and may leave the potential for errors.
Exposure Compensation Button (+/-
*
[ a green dot]): Hold the button and spin
the rear dial. + makes the picture brighter and - makes it darker. If your photo is too dark or
light, just change the setting and try again. This is easy!
Remember to set it back to zero when you're done. If you don't, you'll see a "+/-" in the
viewfinder and the top LCD.
See more at How to Set Exposure . Ignore Nikon when they suggest you don't use this with
Matrix Metering; I do it all the time.
The green dot means if you hold it and the QUAL button down for a few seconds the D200
returns to it's default settings as I explained on
page one . This clears any compensation
values and other crazy things you may have set yesterday.
HINT: You can see the + or minus value displayed in the finder as well as the top LCD, so
you can adjust this without taking your eye from the finder. The two displays only read the
value when the button is held, otherwise those digits read exposures remaining.
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