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11CHAPTERExploring theNikon D60This chapter covers the key components of the NikonD60. These are the features that are most readily acces-sible becaus

✦ Focus indicator. This is a green dotthat lets you know if the cameradetects that the scene is in focus.When focus is achieved, the greendot lights u

✦ Shutter speed display/noisereduction indicator. This showshow long your shutter is set to stayopen. When the camera is per-forming noise reduction “

✦ Battery indicator. This appearswhen the battery is low. When thebattery is completely exhaustedthis icon blinks and the shutterrelease is disabled.✦

✦ Electronic analog exposure dis-play/Exposure compensation.This is your light meter. When thebars are in the center, you are atthe proper settings to

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Chapter 1 ✦ Exploring the Nikon D60 25✦ Focus point display/AF-areamode. This indicates which focuspoint is currently active. This alsoshows the AF-ar

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Top of the cameraThe top of the D60 is where you find someof the most important buttons and dials.This is where you can change the shootingmode and pre

✦ Hot shoe. This is where an acces-sory flash is attached to the cam-era body. The hot shoe has anelectronic contact that tells theflash to fire when the

Back of the cameraThe back of the camera is where you findthe buttons that mainly control playbackand menu options, although there are a fewbuttons tha

✦ Diopter adjustment control. Justto the right of the viewfinder, hid-den behind the eyecup, is theDiopter adjustment control. Usethis control to adjus

✦ Thumbnail/Zoom out/Help button. In Playback mode, press-ing this button allows you to gofrom full-frame playback (or view-ing the whole image) to vi

slow sync, Slow sync, and Rear cur-tain sync. After the flash pops up,pressing this button in conjunctionwith the Exposure compensationbutton and rotat

✦ Lens Focus mode selector. Thisswitch is used to choose betweenusing the lens in Auto or Manualfocus.✦ VR switch. If your lens featuresVibration Redu

Right sideOn the right side of the camera (with thelens facing you), are the D60’s output ter-minals. These are used to connect yourcamera to a comput