Nikon FE2 - CONTROLS IN DETAIL; Shutter Speed;Mode Selector Dial

The Nikon
FE2 offers
aperture-priority
automatic
mode
oper-
atron and
manual
control
of all
shutter
speeds from B
to 1/4000
sec
,
includrng
the M25O
(mechanically
controlled-1/250 sec
)
and B
(bulb)
settings
To
set
the
desired shooting
mode
or
shrrller sneed rotate
the shrrtter sneed/mode
selector dial
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until the desired setting click-stops
opposrte the
shutter speed/
mode index At the A
settrng, a
locking mechanism
is
provided
to
prevent
acodental shifting of
the
setting
To rotate the
dial
from the A
settrng, depress
the
lock
button
ar,
provided
Note
that shutter speeos between engraved
numbers
(i
e
inter-
mecliale sneeds) cannnl
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the
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speed
in
use
rnside the vrewfrnder, rt's
not necessary
to
look
at
the
shutter speed dial
as
you
turn
it
The dial
has
the
following
settinqs
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A
(Autol:
Used
for
aperture
prrority
automatic
mode
shooiing
You
manually
set
the f/stop first:
then the camera automatically
selects
the matching
electronically controlled shutter speed
steplessly
between
B and
1/4000
sec, depending
on the
scene
brightness and the
f ilm
speed
in
use
t I4OOO-8
sec.
(Manual
l:
Used
for full manual
control
of
both
f/stoo and
shutter soeed,
All
sixteen speeds
indicated on the dial are available with timing
accuracy assured by a
quartz
oscillator
Yellow numbers on the
dial
indicate
actual shutter speeds, while
white
ones are
reci-
procals,
i
e
,
2
means
1/2 sec
,
and
4000 means 1/4000
sec
lhe
250 is indicated with
red
which
means
the
fastest
sync speed
for an
electronic
flash
unit
A
one-stop change
will
either
halve
or double the exposure; e.g, a shutter speed
oI 11125
sec
lets
in twice
as
much light
as
a
setting
of 1/250
sec
and
half
as
much liqht as 1/60 sec.
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