M (manual) – Nikon D780 DSLR Camera (Body Only) User Manual

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Shooting Settings

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M (Manual)

You control both shutter speed and aperture. Choose this mode
for long time-exposures of such subjects as fireworks or the
night sky (Bulb or Time photography,

0

170). Shutter speed

and aperture can be adjusted with reference to the exposure
indicators by rotating the command dials as follows while the
standby timer is on:

Rotate the main command dial to choose the shutter speed.
Shutter speed can be set to values between

1

/

8000

s (

o

)

and 30 s (

q

), to

A

(Bulb) or

%

(Time), or to

s

.

Aperture can be adjusted by rotating the sub-command dial.

The minimum and maximum values for aperture vary with the
lens.

Shutter speed:

Aperture:

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