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Nikon 990 User Manual

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Focus mode

4

Adjust camera settings

When the mode dial is turned to A-REC, the following set-

tings will return to their default values:

For more information on:

Using the flash

Focus mode

Image quality and size

Exposure compensation

First Steps:

T

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Before taking a photograph, you can make changes to these

settings using the camera buttons and command dial.

Operation

Button

Controls

Press

Press

Press

Image size

Full

XGA

VGA

3 : 2

Press while turn-

ing command dial

Exposure

compensation

(–2.0 EV to +2.0 EV in

increments of 0.3 EV)

Press while turn-

ing command dial

The icons shown above are displayed in the control panel.

Image quality

FINE

BASIC

NORMAL

Flash mode

Autofocus

*

These settings apply the first time you turn the camera on.
Image quality and size are not restored to default settings the
next time the mode dial is turned to A-REC (an image-quality
setting of HI becomes FINE in A-REC).

Setting

Flash mode

Focus mode

Image quality

Image size

Exposure

compensation

Description

Flash fires automatically
when lighting is poor

Camera focuses automati-
cally at distances over
30 cm (1 ft)

Photographs compressed
for best balance between
file size and image quality

Photographs are 2048

×

1536 pixels in size

No exposure compensa-
tion performed

Default

Auto

Autofocus

Normal

*

Full

*

±

0 EV