The shutter speed dial from my old Nikon FE. In the Auto position the camera is in aperture priority mode. It is up to the photographer to select apertures the cameras set the shutter speed for what it thinks will be correct exposure.
In manual mode the speeds which can be chosen are from 1/1000th sec to 1/2 second (The White Numbers). The orange numbers are slow speeds from 1 second to 8 seconds. M90 is a mechanical speed (No electronic shutter) and B is bulb for exposures longer than 8 seconds. In most digital SLRs the speeds are displayed on an LCD and inside the viewfinder on the information bar.
This image from inside the camera's viewfinder display shows:
From left: Metering option of matrix, 60 which represents 1/60th second shutter speed, f2.8 the set aperture.
The scale from + to - with zero in the centre shows slight over-exposure.
The number in brackets is the frames remaining.
This exposure was taken on Fuji Iso 800 film at an indoor pool with the Nikon F90 + 180/2.8 lens wide open. The exposure was 1/500th f2.8 with a burst of flash from the SB26, the camera and flash have a special mode allowing synchronisation at all speeds.
The shutter speed dial from my old Nikon FE. In the Auto position the camera is in aperture priority mode. It is up to the photographer to select apertures the cameras set the shutter speed for what it thinks will be correct exposure.
Beginners on my Wednesday evening course will be
My first ever Border's College SLR course begins on Saturday 22nd September.
Divide the P5000 by 100 and you have Nikon's latest pocket marvel the P50. It has a 28mm (35mm equivalent) wide angle lens, AA batteries so is truly go-anywhere, optical viewfinder, manual mode, Iso 64-2000, 8.2 Mega Pixels and vibration reduction (VR). So pretty much everything needed on a compact.
Taken by Keith Valentine at last year's World Mountain Biking championships in Fort William. I hope he's not going to charge me for this bit of free publicity for his website at:
