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Nikon D600 Digital Field Guide
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1.1 Top-of-the-camera controls
On the kit lens, you  nd four key features:
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Focus ring. Rotating the focus ring allows you to focus the lens manually. The
location of the focus ring varies by lens. With old AF (non AF-S) lenses, and even
older manual-focus lenses, you turn the ring to focus the lens. Newer AF-S
lenses, such as the kit lens, have a switch labeled A and M. Select M before
attempting to manually focus. If you don’t switch it over  rst, you can damage
the lens. Some higher-end AF-S lenses have a switch labeled A/M and M. With
these lenses set to the A/M position, you can manually override the autofocus at
any time without damaging the lens.
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Focus distance scale. This window displays the approximate focus distance in
both metric and imperial measurements.
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