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Exposure With exposure compensation button;
compensation ±5 EV range, in
1
/3 EV steps
Auto exposure lock By pressing AE-L/AF-L button while
meter is on
Multiple exposure Activated with multiple exposure button
Shutter Electromagnetically controlled vertical-
travel focal-plane shutter
Shutter speeds Lithium niobate oscillator-controlled
speeds from 1/8000 to 30 sec. (in
1
/3
steps); electromagnetically controlled
Bulb setting
Viewfinder Nikon Multi-Meter Finder DP-30
provided as standard; fixed eyelevel
pentaprism high-eyepoint type; 0.7X
magnification with 50mm lens set at
infinity; approx. 100% frame coverage;
metering system selector, diopter
adjustment knob, accessory shoe and
eyepiece shutter lever provided; inter-
changeable with Nikon AE Action
Finder DA-30, 6X High-Magnification
Finder DW-31 and Waist-Level Finder
DW-30
Eyepoint Approx. 20.5mm
Eyepiece shutter Provided
Focusing screen Nikon advanced EC-B-type screen;
interchangeable with 13 other optional
screens
Viewfinder information LCD shows metering system, focus
indication, exposure mode, shutter
speed, aperture, electronic analog
exposure display, frame counter/expo-
sure compensation value and exposure
compensation mark; exposure level indi-
cators, flash ready-light LED, aperture
direct-readout, focus indicators and
focus area indicators are also shown
Top LCD panel Shutter speed, aperture, exposure
information mode, AF area mode, focus area,
Flexible Program mark, exposure
compensation mark, frame counter,
exposure compensation value, expo-
sure bracketing mark, multiple expo-
sure mark, shutter speed/aperture/
focus area position lock marks and
battery power
Rear LCD panel Flash sync, film speed, DX mark,
information Custom mark, exposure bracketing
indications and personal computer
mark
LCD panel illumination LCD panel illuminated by rotating
power/LCD panel illumination switch
Film speed range ISO 25 to 5000 for DX-coded film; ISO
6 to 6400 can be manually set
Film speed setting At DX position, automatically set to ISO
speed of DX-coded film used; manual
setting possible (ISO 6 to 6400)
Film loading Film automatically advances to first
frame when shutter release button is
depressed once
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