Nikon 8800 - Manual (Page 27)

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Basic Photography
Basic Photography
The Battery Indicator
Shooting
display
Control
panel
Status Notes
—
Battery fully charged.
Camera functions normally.
Battery partially discharged.
Low battery. Ready spare
battery.
If built-in Speedlight fi res, monitor
turns off while fl ash recharges.
WARNING!!
BATTERY
EXHAUSTED
(fl ashes)
Battery exhausted.
No pictures can be taken until
battery has been recharged or
replaced.
Step 1 —Rotate the Mode Dial to
Shooting
mode:
indicates
auto mode.
Battery
indicator
8M 8M 8M
F2.8 F2.8 F2.8 1/60 60 1/60 126 126 126
Monitor / electronic
viewfi nder
Control panel
Exposure mode ( 46): P (pro-
grammed auto) is automatical-
ly selected in
mode.
Number of exposures remaining ( 36):
Depends on capacity of memory card and
options chosen for image quality and size.
Image quality / size ( 33):
Choose according to how
picture will be used.
This section describes how to take pictures in (auto) mode, an automatic,
“point-and-shoot” mode recommended for fi rst-time users of digital cameras.
Rotate the mode dial to and turn the camera on
The lens will extend and the monitor or electronic view-
fi nder will display a welcome message (
135). The
camera is ready to shoot when the view through the
camera lens is displayed and the control panel lights.
Vibration reduction (VR) indicator ( 45):
Displayed when vibration reduction is on. Vi-
bration reduction reduces blurring caused by
small camera movements (camera shake).