Nikon D100 - Manual (Page 23)

11
Intr
oduction—Getting to Know the Camera
Camera Controls and Displays
1 12-mm (0.47˝) reference circle for
center-weighted metering ............ 75
2 Focus brackets (focus areas) ... 64–69
Spot-metering targets .................. 75
3 Reference grid (displayed when ON is
selected for Custom Setting 19) .. 157
4 Focus indicator ....................... 31, 70
5 Metering ...................................... 75
6 Auto-exposure lock ...................... 84
7 Exposure mode ............................ 76
8 Flash compensation indicator ..... 102
9 Exposure compensation indicator .. 86
10 “K” (appears when memory remains
for over 1,000 exposures) ............. 42
11 Flash-ready indicator .................... 99
12 Battery indicator ........................... 17
13 Shutter speed ......................... 80, 82
14 Aperture ................................ 81–82
15 Electronic analog exposure display
.................................................... 83
Exposure compensation ................ 86
16 Number of exposures remaining ... 27
Number of shots remaining before
memory buffer fills ....................... 41
Exposure compensation value ....... 86
Flash exposure compensation value
.................................................. 102
Advanced Focusing Screen Display
When the background is bright, the active focus area ( 64) is highlighted in black.
When the background is dark, the active focus area is highlighted briefly in red as
needed to establish contrast with the background (“Vari-Brite” focus areas), making it
easier to identify the selected focus area. The viewfinder is also equipped with on-
demand grid lines. When ON is selected for Custom Setting 19 (Grid Display;
157), a reference grid is superimposed over the display in the viewfinder. This grid is a
useful aid when composing landscape shots or when tilting or shifting a PC Nikkor lens.
Owing to the characteristics of this type of viewfinder display, you may notice fine lines
radiating outwards from the selected focus area, or that the display in the viewfinder
turns red when the selected focus area is highlighted. These phenomena are normal
and do not indicate a malfunction.