✦ Hot shoe. This is where an acces-
sory flash is attached to the cam-
era body. The hot shoe has an
electronic contact that tells the
flash to fire when the shutter is
released. There are also a number
of other electronic contacts that
allow the camera to communicate
with the flash to enable the auto-
mated features of a dedicated flash
unit such as the SB-600.
✦ Focus ring. Rotating the focus ring
enables you to manually focus the
camera. With some lenses, such as
the high-end Nikkor AF-S lenses,
you can manually adjust the focus
at any time. With the kit lens you
must set the lens to Manual focus
using the Focus mode switch on
the side of the lens. Rotating the
focus ring while the lens is set to
autofocus can damage your lens.
✦ Zoom ring. Rotating the zoom ring
allows you to change the focal
length of the lens. Prime lenses
do not have a zoom ring.
✦ Focal length indicators. These
numbers indicate which focal
length in millimeters your lens
is zoomed to.
For more information on lenses,
see Chapter 4.
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Focal length indicators
Zoom ring
Focus ring
Focal plane
mark
Active
D-Lighting
button
Exposure compensation/Aperture button
Shutter Release button
On/off switch
Hot shoe
Mode dial
Command dial
Image courtesy of Nikon, Inc.
1.1 Top-of-the-camera controls
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