Nikon 880 - Manual (Page 74)

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Choosing a Mode: P, A, M, or CSM?
Because P, A, M, and CSM share many settings in common, you may have difficulty knowing which mode
to choose for a particular task. The first consideration is how much control you want to have over
camera settings:
• If you want to adjust white balance and metering, for example, but don’t want to have to worry
about getting the correct exposure, choose a mode setting of P or turn the mode dial to CSM and
choose P as the exposure mode (
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• If you want to adjust aperture to soften background details or bring both background and subject
into focus, but don’t want to have to worry about the photograph being over- or under-exposed,
choose a mode setting of A or turn the mode dial to CSM and choose A as the exposure mode.
• If you want to adjust the shutter speed to freeze action or to suggest motion by blurring moving
objects, or if you want to modify exposure from the value suggested by the camera, choose a mode
setting of M or turn the mode dial to CSM and choose M as the exposure mode.
Another factor to consider is that menu settings for P, A, and M modes are stored separately from
settings for CSM mode. If there is a particular combination of settings you use frequently, you can turn
the mode dial to CSM and set the camera to these settings. The camera will “remember” this combi-
nation of settings even after being turned off, and will automatically restore the settings the next time
you select CSM mode. You can create a different combination of settings for P, A, and M modes and
switch instantly from one combination of settings to the other simply by turning the mode dial from
CSM to P, A, or M.