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or, alternatively, you can expose that scene at the original 10 feet distance at f/11.
Ordinarily, the D7000 takes care of all these calculations for you. If you need a bigger
blast of light, you can add an external flash, like the Nikon SB-900, which lets you reach
out to 32-45 feet at ISO 200 and f/5.6 (or even farther at larger f/stops).
When using Auto, Portrait, Child, Close Up, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, or Pet
Portrait Scene modes, the flash will pop up when needed. To use the built-in flash, for
Program, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Manual modes, or Food Scene mode, just
press the flash pop-up button (shown in Figure 2.7). When you’re finished using it, you
need to push it back down. When the flash is fully charged, a lightning bolt symbol will
flash at the right side of the viewfinder display. When using P (Program) or A (Aperture-
priority) exposure modes, the D7000 will select a shutter speed for you automatically
from the range 1/250th to 1/60th seconds (with a couple exceptions described in
Chapter 12). In S (Shutter-priority) and M (Manual) modes, you select the shutter speed
from 1/250th to 30 seconds (again, with a couple exceptions that I won’t get into here).
When using the built-in flash, if you select a shutter speed higher than 1/250th second
(which prevents the camera from synchronizing with the shutter; see Chapter 12), the
D7000 will set 1/250th second for you automatically.
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Figure 2.7
The pop-up
electronic flash
can be used as
the main light
source or for
supplemental
illumination.
Viewfinder
flash ready
indicator
Pop-up flash
Flash pop-up button
Flash mode/Flash compensation button