Nikon 5000 User Manual
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Taking Photographs—Advanced Photography
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Manual
In manual exposure mode, you can adjust both shutter speed and aperture as
described below:
1
After choosing manual as the exposure mode, remove your finger from the
button.
2
Press the
button to select shutter speed or
aperture in the control panel shutter-speed/ap-
erture display or the monitor, where the se-
lected item is shown in green. The item selected
will change each time the
button is pressed.
3
Rotate the command dial to set the selected item (aperture or shutter speed)
to the desired value. The amount the photograph would be under- or over-
exposed at the selected setting is displayed in the control panel exposure-
count display and in the exposure display in the monitor.
Control panel display is in EVs,
rounded to nearest EV. Value is dis-
played for 8 s before being replaced
by exposure-count display. If image
would be under- or over-exposed
by more than 9 EV, display shows
flashing –9 (underexposure) or +9
(overexposure). Monitor exposure
display shows values from –2 to +2
EV in increments of
1
/
3
EV.
Rotate