✦ Shutter-release button: Partially
depress this button to lock in
exposure and focus; press it all the
way to take the picture. Tapping
the shutter release when the cam-
era has turned off the autoexpo-
sure and autofocus mechanisms
will reactivate both. When a review
image is displayed on the back-
panel color LCD, tapping this but-
ton will remove the image from the
display and reactivate the autoex-
posure and autofocus mechanisms.
✦ Power switch: Flip this switch to
turn the D70 on or off.
On the Back
The back panel of the Nikon D70 is studded
with more than a dozen controls, many of
which serve more than one function. Where
other cameras may force you to access a
menu to set image quality, change the cam-
era’s sensitivity, or to activate the self-timer,
with the D70, just press the appropriate but-
ton, turn the command dial, and make the
setting you want. I’ve divided this crowded
back panel into four color-coded sections.
Upper left
The upper-left corner of the back panel
includes just two buttons:
✦ Bracketing (BKT) button: Hold
the bracketing button while spin-
ning the main command dial
(to select the bracketing function),
and the sub-command dial (to
choose the type of bracketing to
be applied), as described later in
this chapter. This button also
serves as the Reset #2 button.
✦ Shooting mode button: Hold this
button while spinning the main
command dial to choose from sin-
gle shot, continuous/burst mode,
self-timer, or remote-control opera-
tion. This button also serves as the
Format #2 button.
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1.9 Key components on the back panel of
the D70.
Shooting Mode/Format #2
Bracket/Reset #2
1.10 Key components on the upper-left
corner of the back panel of the D70.
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