Introduction – Nikon P5000 User Manual

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Introduction

The Q Button
To hide or display indicators in the monitor, press the Q button.

Shooting

Current settings

Framing guides

(P, T, P, S, A, and M modes only)

Monitor off (modes P, S, A, and M only).

Pictures can only be taken when

camera is in focus.

View through lens only

Playback

Photo information

displayed

Shooting data displayed

(see below)

Photo information

hidden

Shooting data

: Shows the folder name, file name, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture,

exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, and histogram for the current picture. Shooting
data are not displayed if the current picture is a movie.
• Exposure mode: P, S, A, or M (

B 38). P is also displayed on pictures taken in A (auto), P

(anti-shake), T (high sensitivity), and scene modes.

• Histogram: A graph showing tone distribution. The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel

brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right; the vertical axis
shows number of pixels of each brightness in image.

1/125

F4.3

15/05/2007 15:30

0004.JPG

·· P

· 1/125

1/125

· F4.3

F4.3

· + 1.0
· AUTO

AUTO

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0004.JPG

· P
· 1/125
· F4.3
· + 1.0
· AUTO