Explicit details: front controls – Nikon D200 User Manual
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EXPLICIT DETAILS:
FRONT CONTROLS
Depth-of-Field Preview Button
(upper button on the left of the lens as seen from the
front): It lies naturally under your middle finger. Tap this to stop the diaphragm down. The
viewfinder probably gets darker, but look carefully and you can see what's in focus or not.
This is a legacy feature from film days. Today most people look at the LCD playback.
FUNCTION Button
(lower button to the left of lens as seen from the front): It lies
naturally under your ring finger.
I program this button for setting flash exposure, eliminating people blinking with flash and
for easy setting of manual focus lens dat
.
Built-in Flash Release Button
(unmarked black button on the top right of the
viewfinder as seen from the front): Press it to pop up the flash.
Flash Bolt +/- Button
(right side of flash hump as seen from front): This sets the flash
sync mode and the brightness of the flash. Flash brightness is more formally called flash
exposure compensation.
Press and hold the flash button and turn the front dial to change the flash exposure
compensation. + makes the flash brighter, - makes it dimmer. This setting only changes
the brightness of the flash. It leaves the background ambient exposure alone. Set it to - if
your subjects are getting washed out. If you run out of flash power beyond 10 to 20 feet
then setting it to + can't make the flash any brighter.
If you set flash exposure compensation to anything other than zero you'll see a little "+/-
bolt" icon in the finder and on the top LCD. This resets when you do a green
reset
.
FLASH SYNC MODES
Press and hold the flash button and turn the rear dial to change the flash sync mode. You'll
see the mode shown on the top LCD in the box with the bolt.
Normal (blank on the top LCD): this is the default position.
In Program and A exposure modes, the shutter won't stay open longer than about 1/60
second. You can change this minimum speed in
, which
defaults to 1/60 second. I have mine set to 1/30. Set a longer time like 1/8 to allow more
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