Nikon n65 - Manual (Page 29)

Symbol Exposure mode Characteristics/Shooting situations
AUTO
AUTO mode P . 51
The easiest exposure mode for general shooting. C amera controls
shutter speed and aperture autom atically depending on the subject’s
brightness— allowing you to freely take pictures, concentrating only
on the shutter release opportunity.
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Portrait mode P. 37
Use this mode to take portraits. The background is blurred to
accentuate your m ain subject.
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Landscape mode
P. 37
Use this mode to take pictures of distant scenes. The overall
landscape will be sharply focused.
Close-Up mode
P. 37
Use this mode to take up-close pictures of subjects such as flowers
or insects. Y our close-ups will be taken w ith an artistically blurred
background.
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Sports Continuous
mode
P. 38
Use this mode to take sports pictures. Using a fast shutter speed, it
freezes the motion of fast-moving subjects to create exciting action
photos. Continuous shooting is possible with this mode.
m Night Scene mode
P. 38
Use this mode for subjects with an evening or night background. This
mode captures all lighting in the scene, including the foreground
subject which is illum inated by the flash, and the background. W hen
flash is canceled, a natural-looking night scene or twilight scene can
be captured.
P Auto-Multi Program
P. 52
Camera controls shutter speed and aperture automatically, while
allowing you to m ake other settings, such as Flexible P rogram (page
53) or Exposure Compensation (page 61).
S Shutter-Priority Auto
P. 54
You set desired shutter speed, and the cam era selects the correct
aperture. Freeze the motion of a m oving subject using a fast shutter
speed or blur the subject using a slower speed.
A Aperture-Priority Auto
P. 56
You set the desired aperture, and the camera selects the correct
shutter speed. Lets you determ ine depth of the ih-focus area, so you
can choose whether near or far subjects are in sharp focus, or
whether foreground or background is to be blurred.
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Manual P. 58
Shutter speed and aperture are set manually. Suitable for situafions
where it is difficult to attain the desired effect using other exposure
modes. Long Tim e exposure is possible with this exposure mode.
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