Nikon 5400 - Coolpix 5.1 MP Digital Camera, Manual

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Controlling Exposure
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Understanding the Exposure Display
The exposure display in the monitor shows the amount pictures will be under- or over-
exposed at the values currently selected for shutter speed and aperture. The amount
exposure deviates from the value suggested by the camera is shown in EVs (–2 to +2 EV
in increments of
1 /
3
EV).
Underexposed
–1
–2 ±0 +2
+1
Overexposed
(Values in EVs)
Long Time-Exposures
When Single is selected for Continuous ( 63) in manual exposure mode, the shut-
ter can be left open for long time-exposures of up to ten minutes. With shutter speed
selected in the monitor, rotate the command dial until the shutter-speed display shows
BULB or TIME. The length of time the shutter will remain open depends on the option
selected for
Exposure options > Bulb/Time in the shooting menu ( 104):
• Bulb release : The shutter will remain open as long
as the shutter-release button is held down, to a maxi-
mum of ten minutes. Shutter-speed display shows
BULB10M.
• Timed release : Select this option for time exposures
of thirty seconds, one minute, three minutes, fi ve
minutes, or ten minutes. The shutter will open when
the shutter-release button is pressed and remain open
until the exposure is complete or the shutter-release
button is pressed a second time. Shutter-speed dis-
play shows TIME and the selected exposure time (e.g.,
“TIME30S”).
To prevent blurring caused by camera shake, we recommend using a tripod and a re-
mote shutter release such as the MC-EU1 remote cord. To reduce “noise” in the form
of randomly-spaced, brightly-colored pixels, use noise reduction (
111).