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J
❚❚
Deleting Custom Picture Cont
rols from the Memory Card
1
Selec
t [Load/sa
ve].
In the [
Manage Picture Control]
menu, highlight [Load/save]
and press
2
.
2
Selec
t [Delete fr
om card].
Highlight [Delete from card]
and press
2
.
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User's Manual
1
Where to Find It
2
Package Contents
3
Symbols and Conventions
4
Q&A Index
6
❚❚ Menus and Displays
7
❚❚ Taking Photographs
8
❚❚ Viewing Photographs
9
❚❚ Retouching Photographs
10
❚❚ Optional Accessories
11
Table of Contents
12
Image Recording Options 55
13
Focus 61
13
Release Mode 73
13
ISO Sensitivity 93
13
Exposure 99
14
White Balance 125
14
Image Enhancement 145
14
Flash Photography 169
14
Other Shooting Options 181
15
More About Playback 203
15
Connections 223
15
Menu Guide 245
16
Technical Notes 349
19
For Your Safety
20
A Use appropriate cables
22
A CD-ROMs
22
A Life-Long Learning
26
Introduction
27
Overview
28
Getting to Know the Camera
29
Camera Body (Continued)
30
The Control Panel
34
The Viewfinder Display
36
D No Battery
37
The Command Dials
40
❚❚ Image Quality and Size
41
❚❚ ISO Sensitivity
41
❚❚ Exposure
42
A The Fn Button
43
❚❚ White Balance
44
❚❚ Flash Settings
44
The BM-8 Monitor Cover
45
Quick Start Guide
47
Tutorial
49
Camera Menus
50
❚❚ Menus
51
1 Display the menus
52
2 Highlight the icon for the
52
3 Select a menu
53
4 Position the cursor in the
53
5 Highlight a menu item
53
6 Display options
53
7 Highlight an option
53
Select the highlighted item
54
L button
55
First Steps
56
3 Insert the battery
57
D The Battery and Charger
59
D Incompatible Batteries
59
2 Attach the lens
60
3 Remove the lens cap
61
1 Turn the camera on
62
2 Select [Language]
62
3 Select a language
62
4 Select [World time]
63
5 Set time zone
63
6 Turn daylight saving time
63
7 Set the date and time
63
8 Set date format
64
9 Exit to shooting mode
64
2 Open the card slot cover
65
3 Insert the memory card
65
4 Close the card slot cover
66
2 Remove the memory card
66
2 Press the Q buttons
67
3 Press the Q buttons again
68
2 Focus the viewfinder
69
2 Check the battery level
70
A Large-Capacity Memory Cards
71
A LCD Illuminators
72
A Auto Meter Off
72
A Camera Off Display
72
1 Check camera settings
73
2 Choose exposure mode e
74
3 Choose single frame
74
4 Choose single-point AF
74
5 Choose single-servo
75
6 Choose matrix metering
75
Ready the Camera
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1 Press the shutter
77
2 Press the shutter-release
78
1 Press the K button
79
2 View additional pictures
79
1 Display the photograph
80
2 Delete the photograph
80
Image Recording
81
A NEF (RAW) Recording
83
A JPEG Compression
83
A NEF (RAW)+JPEG
83
A The Image Quality Menu
83
❚❚ The JPEG Compression Menu
84
A NEF (RAW) Images
85
Focus Mode
88
A The B Button
89
A Predictive Focus Tracking
89
AF-Area Mode
90
A AF-Area Mode
91
A Manual Focus
91
Focus Point Selection
92
Focus Lock
94
Manual Focus
97
The Electronic Rangefinder
98
Release Mode
99
Choosing a Release Mode
100
Release mode
101
Release mode dial lock
101
Continuous Mode
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A Power Source and Frame Rate
103
A Buffer Size
103
A Auto Image Rotation
103
A The Memory Buffer
104
A See Also
104
(Live View)
105
1 Select live view mode
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3 Press the shutter-release
106
5 Focus
107
6 Take the picture
108
1 Ready the camera
109
2 Select live view mode
109
4 Frame a picture
109
5 Press the shutter-release
110
6 Focus
110
7 Take the picture
111
A Remote Cords
112
D Shooting in Live View Mode
113
A Monitor Brightness
114
Self-Timer Mode
115
3 Start the timer
116
Mirror up Mode
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ISO Sensitivity
119
Choosing ISO Sensitivity
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Manually
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A ISO Sensitivity Settings
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A HI 0.3–HI 1
121
A LO 0.3–LO 1
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Auto ISO Sensitivity Control
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Exposure
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Metering
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A 3D Color Matrix II Metering
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Exposure Mode
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A Depth-of-Field Preview
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1 Select exposure mode e
130
A Flexible Program
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1 Select exposure mode
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2 Choose a shutter speed
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1 Select exposure
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2 Choose an aperture
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A Non-CPU Lenses
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3 Frame a
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A Long Time-Exposures
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Autoexposure (AE) Lock
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3 Recompose the
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Exposure Compensation
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Bracketing
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2 Choose the number of shots
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❚❚ Canceling Bracketing
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A Exposure Bracketing
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A White Balance Bracketing
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White Balance
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White Balance Options
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A The White Balance Menu
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A I (Fluorescent)
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A Studio Flash Lighting
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A Color Temperature
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Fine-Tuning White Balance
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2 Fine tune white balance
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3 Press J
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A White Balance Fine Tuning
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A “Mired”
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❚❚ The WB Button
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Choosing a Color Temperature
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Preset Manual
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A White Balance Presets
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1 Light a reference object
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4 Measure white balance
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5 Check the results
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6 Select preset d-0
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1 Select L ([Preset
165
2 Select a destination
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3 Copy d-0 to the selected
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3 Choose [Select image]
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4 Highlight a source image
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5 Copy white balance
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2 Select a preset
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3 Select [Set]
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4 Edit the comment
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3 Select [Edit comment]
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Image Enhancement
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Picture Controls
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❚❚ Using Picture Controls
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2 Select a Picture Control
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A The Picture Control Grid
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1 Select a Picture Control
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2 Adjust settings
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❚❚ Picture Control Settings
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D Active D-Lighting
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D “A” (Auto)
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A Previous Settings
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A Toning (Monochrome Only)
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A Custom Picture Controls
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1 Select [Manage Picture
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2 Select [Save/edit]
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3 Select a Picture Control
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4 Edit the selected Picture
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5 Select a destination
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6 Name the Picture
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1 Select [Load/save]
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2 Select [Copy to camera]
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4 Select a destination
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5 Name the Picture Control
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1 Select [Copy to card]
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3 Choose a destination
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1 Select [Rename]
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3 Rename the Picture Control
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1 Select [Delete]
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3 Select [Yes]
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2 Select [Delete from card]
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4 Select [Yes]
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Active D-Lighting
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1 Select [Active D-Lighting]
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2 Choose an option
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Color Space
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A Color Space
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A Nikon Software
194
Flash Photography
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The Built-in Flash
196
Using the Built-in Flash
197
5 Take the picture
198
Lowering the Built-in Flash
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Flash Modes
200
Flash Compensation
202
A Optional Flash Units
203
3 Focus
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4 Lock flash level
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5 Recompose the photograph
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6 Take the photograph
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7 Release FV lock
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A Metering
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Other Shooting Options
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Two-Button Reset: Restoring
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Default Settings
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Multiple Exposure
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3 Select the number of shots
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4 Select [Auto gain]
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5 Set gain
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6 Select [Done]
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D Multiple Exposure
213
A Interval Timer Photography
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A Other Settings
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Interval Timer Photography
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3 Choose a start time
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4 Choose an interval
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5 Choose the number of
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6 Start shooting
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D Out of Memory
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A Bracketing
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A During Shooting
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1 Choose a new starting
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2 Resume shooting
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❚❚ No Photograph
220
A Release Mode
220
A Using the Monitor
220
A Shooting Menu Banks
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Non-CPU Lenses
222
1 Select [Non-CPU lens data]
223
2 Select a lens number
223
3 Select a focal length
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4 Select a maximum
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5 Select [Done]
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Using a GPS Unit
225
❚❚ Other GPS Units
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❚❚ The k Icon
227
A GPS Data
227
❚❚ Setup Menu Options
228
A Heading
228
More About Playback
229
Full-Frame Playback
230
Overview data
232
GPS data
232
❚❚ File Information
233
❚❚ Highlights
234
❚❚ RGB Histogram
235
A Histograms
236
❚❚ Shooting Data Page 1
237
❚❚ Shooting Data Page 2
238
❚❚ Shooting Data Page 3
239
❚❚ Shooting Data Page 4
240
❚❚ GPS Data
241
❚❚ Overview Data
242
Viewing Multiple Images:
244
Thumbnail Playback
244
Taking a Closer Look:
246
Playback Zoom
246
Protecting Photographs from
247
Deletion
247
1 Select an image
248
2 Press the O button
248
Connections
249
Connecting to a Computer
250
1 Select a USB option
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2 Turn the camera off
252
3 Turn the computer on
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4 Connect the USB cable
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5 Turn the camera on
253
6 Transfer photographs
253
7 Turn the camera off
254
D Transfer Mode
255
A WT-4A/B/C/D/E
255
Printing Photographs
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Direct USB Connection
257
1 Select [MTP/PTP]
258
3 Connect the USB cable
258
4 Turn the camera on
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1 Select a picture
259
2 Display printing options
259
3 Adjust printing options
260
4 Start printing
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2 Choose [Print select] or
262
3 Select pictures
263
4 Display printing options
263
5 Adjust printing options
264
6 Start printing
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1 Select [Index print]
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1 Choose [Select/set]
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2 Select pictures
266
3 Select imprint options
267
4 Complete the print order
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Viewing Photographs on TV
268
A Video Mode (pg. 313)
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A Television Playback
269
A Slide Shows
269
1 Turn the camera off
270
Menu Guide
271
DThe Playback Menu:
272
Managing Images
272
1 Highlight a picture
273
2 Press the center of the
273
Playback Folder
275
Hide Image
275
D Protected and Hidden Images
275
Display Mode
276
Image Review
277
After Delete
277
Rotate Tall
277
Slide Show
278
Print Set (DPOF)
279
C The Shooting Menu:
280
Shooting Options
280
1 Select a bank
281
2 Enter a name
282
3 Save changes and exit
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Reset Shooting Menu
283
1 Select [New folder
284
2 Choose a folder number
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1 Choose [Select folder]
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2 Highlight a folder
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File Naming
286
A Extensions
286
Image Quality
286
Image Size
286
JPEG Compression
286
Long Exp
288
High ISO NR
289
ISO Sensitivity Settings
289
Live View
289
Interval Timer Shooting
289
ACustom Settings:
290
Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
290
C: Custom Setting Bank
292
A Custom Settings Bank
292
Reset Custom Settings
292
A 3D-tracking
296
A The AF-Assist Illuminator
299
MB-D10 battery pack
300
A Change Main/Sub
302
1 Select Custom Setting b6
303
2 Select [Yes]
304
3 Select a metering method
304
4 Choose an exposure value
304
D File Number Sequence
309
Dark on light Light on dark
310
Option Description
311
A Using AA Batteries
312
A The MB-D10 Battery Pack
313
A Auto FP High-Speed Sync
314
D The Flash-Ready Indicator
315
60 s ([1/60 s], the
316
A The SB-400
317
❚❚ Manual
318
❚❚ Repeating Flash
318
A “Times”
318
❚❚ Commander Mode
319
4 Select the channel
320
5 Press J
320
6 Compose the shot
321
8 Raise the built-in flash
321
A The Flash Sync Mode Display
322
A Flash Compensation
322
D Commander Mode
322
❚❚ Shooting Mode
326
❚❚ Playback Mode
326
H or CL) is
329
❚❚ FUNC
330
Button+Dials
330
B The Setup Menu:
337
Camera Setup
337
Format Memory Card
338
D During Formatting
338
A Two-Button Format
338
LCD Brightness
338
Clean Image Sensor
339
Lock Mirror up for Cleaning
339
Video Mode
339
World Time
341
Language
341
Image Comment
342
Auto Image Rotation
343
D Auto Image Rotation
343
A Rotate Tall
343
Dust off Ref Photo
344
1 Choose a start option
345
Battery Info
347
Wireless Transmitter
348
Image Authentication
349
D Camera Control Pro 2
349
A Copies
349
Copyright Information
350
D Copyright Information
350
Save/Load Settings
351
A Saved Settings
352
Non-CPU Lens Data
353
AF Fine Tune
353
D AF Tuning
354
D Live View (Tripod) Mode
354
A Saved Value
354
Firmware Version
354
N The Retouch Menu:
355
Creating Retouched Copies
355
1 Choose a picture
356
2 Display the retouch menu
356
3 Select retouch options
356
4 Create a retouched copy
357
1 Select an item in the
357
2 Select a picture
357
3 Display retouch options
358
D Retouching Copies
359
A Image Quality
359
D-Lighting
360
Red-Eye Correction
361
Monochrome
363
Filter Effects
364
Color Balance
364
1 Select [Image overlay]
365
2 Display NEF (RAW) images
365
3 Highlight a photograph
365
4 Select the highlighted
366
6 Select the second
366
7 Highlight the [Preview]
366
8 Preview the overlay
367
9 Save the overlay
367
2 Select [Side-by-side
368
3 Compare the copy with the
369
O My Menu:
370
Creating a Custom Menu
370
4 Position the new item
371
5 Add more items
371
1 Select [Remove items]
372
2 Select items
372
3 Select [Done]
372
4 Delete the selected items
372
1 Select [Rank items]
373
2 Select an item
373
3 Position the item
373
1 Select [Choose tab]
374
2 Select [Recent settings]
374
Technical Notes
375
Compatible Lenses
376
A Lens f-number
378
A The AF-S/AF-I Teleconverter
379
A Compatible Non-CPU Lenses
379
A The Built-in Flash
380
D Red-Eye Reduction
381
D AF-Assist Illumination
381
A Calculating Picture Angle
382
Optional Flash Units
383
(Speedlights)
383
❚❚ CLS-Compatible Flash Units
384
A Guide Number
385
Other Flash Units
387
Flash Contacts
390
Other Accessories
391
Most Nikon
394
❚❚ Approved Memory Cards
397
Caring for the Camera
398
1 Place the camera base down
399
2 Display the [Clean image
399
3 Select [Clean now]
400
1 Select [Clean at startup/
400
2 Select an option
401
4 Raise the mirror
403
6 Clean the filter
403
D Use a Reliable Power Source
404
Caring for the Camera and
405
Battery: Cautions
405
Troubleshooting
409
❚❚ Shooting
410
❚❚ Playback
414
❚❚ Miscellaneous
416
Error Messages
417
Appendix
425
Defaults
426
Memory Card Capacity
431
Exposure Program
433
200 400 800 1600 3200
434
3.5 4 5 5.6 7.1
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Specifications
435
L (continuous low speed), CH
437
UP (mirror up)
437
L) or 8 fps (CH)
437
2, or 1 EV
439
4 in. (ISO 1222)
440
A Supported Standards
442
A Battery Life
443
L, 74, 76, 282
445
H, 74, 76
445
[Time zone], 37, 315
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