Nikon D200 - Manual (Page 27)

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Tu
torial—Basic Photogr
aph
y
1.1 Remove the lens cap and turn the camera
on. The control panel will turn on and the
display in the viewfi nder will light. The mon-
itor remains off during shooting.
1.2 Check the battery level in the viewfi nder or
control panel.
Control
panel
View-
fi nder Description
— Battery fully charged.
— Battery partially discharged.
Low battery. Ready fully-charged
spare battery.
(blinks) (blinks)
Shutter-release disabled. Change
battery.
Battery level is not displayed when camera is powered by optional AC adapter.
1.3 The exposure count displays in the control
panel and viewfi nder show the number
of photographs that can be stored on the
memory card. Check the number of expo-
sures remaining.
If there is not enough memory to store ad-
ditional photographs at current settings,
the display will fl ash as shown at right. No
further pictures can be taken until the mem-
ory card has been replaced or pictures have
been deleted.
Tutorial:
Photography and Playback
Basic Photography
This section describes how to take pictures at default settings.
1 Turn the camera on