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Taking your first photograph, First steps: taking your first photograph – Nikon 700 User Manual

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Sleep mode

The LCD monitor turns off automatically if no operations are performed
for a certain period of time (the length of time before the camera enters
sleep mode can be set using the AUTO OFF item in the setup menu; see
“The Camera Menus: The A-REC Menu,” below). To turn the monitor on
again, half-press the shutter-release button.

The MONITOR button

The MONITOR button controls the LCD monitor. Press the MONITOR
button once to hide settings, a second time to turn the monitor off, and a
third time to turn the monitor on with settings showing.

First Steps: Taking Your First Photograph

AUTO

NORMAL

AUTO

NORMAL

Number of exposures remaining

Taking Your First Photograph

This section outlines the basic steps involved in taking a photograph
in A-REC mode.

Step 1—Turn the mode dial to A-REC

To enter automatic recording mode, turn the
selector dial to A-REC. After a short pause
while the camera initializes, current settings
will be displayed in the LCD monitor and the
control panel.

1/125

F3.8

Step 2—Check the number of exposures remaining

The control panel and LCD monitor show the number of expo-
sures remaining at the current image quality setting.

1/125

1/125

F3.8

F3.8

When this number reaches zero, you will need to insert a new
memory card or delete items already in memory before you will
be able to take more photographs. It may be possible to record
more photographs at a different image quality setting.