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Nailing the Right Exposure
When you bought your Nikon D7500, you probably thought your days of worrying about getting the correct exposure were over. Eastman Kodak (which old-timers will remember as a photographic company) had a tagline dating back to the 19th Century—the goal is, “you press the button, and the camera does the rest.” For the most part, that’s a realistic objective. The D7500 is one of the smartest cameras available when it comes to calculating the right exposure for most situations. You can generally press the mode button and spin the main command dial to switch to Program (P), Aperture-priority (A), or Shutter-priority (S) and shoot away. Even Manual (M) mode doesn’t leave you up a creek without a paddle: the D7500’s analog ...
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