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4 Check exposure (shutter speed and aperture).
Press the shutter-release button halfway and check shutter
speed and aperture.
The settings available when the built-in
flash is raised are listed below.
At default settings, the effects of the flash can be previewed by
pressing the depth-of-field preview button to emit a modeling
preflash (pg. 315).
5 Take the picture.
Compose the photograph, focus, and shoot.
If the flash-ready
indicator (M) blinks for about three seconds after the
photograph is taken, the flash has fired at full output and the
photograph may be underexposed.
Check the results in the
monitor.
If the photograph is underexposed, adjust settings
and try again.
A See Also
See page 306 for information on 1/320 s (Auto FP).
Mode Shutter speed Aperture See page
e
Set automatically by camera
(
1
/250 s–
1
/60 s)
1, 2
Set automatically
by camera
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f
Value selected by user
(
1
/250 s–30 s)
2
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g
Set automatically by camera
(
1
/250 s–
1
/60 s)
1, 2
Value selected
by user
3
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h
Value selected by user
(
1
/250 s–30 s)
2
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1 Shutter speed may be set as slow as 30s in slow sync, slow rear-curtain
sync, and slow sync with red-eye reduction flash modes.
2 The built-in flash supports speeds of up to
1
/320 s when 1/320 s (Auto
FP) is selected for Custom Setting e1 (Flash sync speed, pp. 305–306).
Optional SB-900, SB-800 and SB-600 flash units support speeds of up
to
1
/8,000 s at settings of 1/320 s (Auto FP) or 1/250 s (Auto FP).
3 Flash range varies with aperture and ISO sensitivity.
Consult table of
flash ranges (pg. 427) when setting aperture in g and h modes.