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User's Manual
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Where to Find It
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Q&A Index
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❚❚ Taking Photographs
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❚❚ Menus and Settings
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❚❚ Miscellaneous
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Table of Contents
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P, S, A, and M Modes 79
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More on Playback 115
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Connections 131
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Menu Guide 145
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Technical Notes 193
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For Your Safety
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A Life-Long Learning
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Introduction
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Overview
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Getting to Know the Camera
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The Mode Dial
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The Viewfinder
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The Monitor
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The Information Display
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A Turning the Monitor Off
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The Command Dial
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Mode P, S, or A
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The Power Switch
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Camera Menus
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1 Display the menus
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3 Select a menu
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5 Highlight a menu item
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6 Display options
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7 Highlight an option
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First Steps
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3 Insert the battery
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3 Attach the lens
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❚❚ Detaching the Lens
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❚❚ Vibration Reduction (VR)
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D Vibration Reduction
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1 Turn the camera on
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2 Select a language
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3 Choose a time zone
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4 Choose a date format
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6 Set the date and time
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2 Open the card slot cover
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3 Insert the memory card
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2 Display format options
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3 Highlight Ye s
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D Memory Cards
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A The Write Protect Switch
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2 Focus the viewfinder
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(i and j Modes)
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A Auto Meter Off
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A Image Sensor Cleaning
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2 Frame the photograph
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Step 4: Focus
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Step 5: Shoot
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❚❚ The Mode Dial
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❚❚ h Mode
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A h Mode
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❚❚ Scene Modes
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1Silhouette
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2High Key
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3Low Key
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Basic Playback
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1 Display the photograph
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2 Delete the photograph
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(Live View)
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1 Press the a button
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2 Choose an autofocus mode
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3 Choose the focus point
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4 Focus
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5 Take the picture
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6 Exit live view mode
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A Live View Display Options
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A Positioning the Monitor
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A Exposure Compensation
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D Shooting in Live View Mode
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A Manual Focus
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Recording and Viewing Movies
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Recording Movies
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1 Select Movie settings
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Viewing Movies
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2 Display focus-mode options
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3 Choose a focus mode
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D Continuous-servo Autofocus
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D The AF-Assist Illuminator
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A The Beep Speaker
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AF-Area Mode
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3 Choose an AF-area mode
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2 Select the focus point
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1 Focus
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2 Lock focus
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2 Focus
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❚❚ The Electronic Rangefinder
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A Focal Plane Position
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Image Quality and Size
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A NEF (RAW) Images
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A NEF (RAW)/NEF+JPEG
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A File Names
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2 Display image size options
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3 Choose an image size
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Release Mode
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A The Memory Buffer
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A Continuous Release Mode
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A Buffer Size
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A Auto Image Rotation
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3 Frame the photograph
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4 Take the photograph
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D Using the Built-in Flash
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Using the Built-in Flash
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2 Display flash mode options
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3 Choose a flash mode
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A Flash Modes
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A Choosing a Flash Mode
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A The Built-in Flash
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ISO Sensitivity
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A Hi 0.3–Hi 1
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A Lo 0.3–Lo 1
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Interval Timer Photography
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6 Start shooting
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Two-Button Reset
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P, S, A, and M Modes
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Shutter Speed and Aperture
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1 Rotate the mode dial to P
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1 Rotate the mode dial to S
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2 Choose a shutter speed
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1 Rotate the mode dial to A
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2 Choose an aperture
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1 Rotate the mode dial to M
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A The Exposure Indicator
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A Reverse Indicators
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1 Ready the camera
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2 Rotate the mode dial to M
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3 Choose a shutter speed
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4 Open the shutter
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5 Close the shutter
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Exposure
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2 Lock exposure
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3 Recompose the photograph
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3 Choose a value
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A The E Button
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A Mode M
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A Using a Flash
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A See Also
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A The Y (M) and E Buttons
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A Optional Flash Units
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A Exposure Increments
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3 Choose an option
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D Active D-Lighting
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A The Shooting Menu
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White Balance
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A Color Temperature
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A The Fn Button
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3 Fine tune white balance
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4 Press J
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1 Light a reference object
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3 Select Preset manual
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4 Select Measure
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5 Measure white balance
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6 Check the results
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D Preset White Balance
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A Studio Settings
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G button
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Bracketing
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3 Display bracketing options
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Picture Controls
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3 Choose a Picture Control
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2 Select a Picture Control
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3 Adjust settings
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❚❚ Picture Control Settings
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D “A” (Auto)
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A The Picture Control Grid
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A Previous Settings
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A Toning (Monochrome Only)
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2 Select Save/edit
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3 Select a Picture Control
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5 Select a destination
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6 Name the Picture Control
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The GP-1 GPS Unit
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More on Playback
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Full-Frame Playback
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Photo Information
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❚❚ RGB Histogram
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A Playback Zoom
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A Histograms
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❚❚ Highlights
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❚❚ Shooting Data Page 1
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❚❚ Shooting Data Page 2
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❚❚ Shooting Data Page 3
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❚❚ GPS Data
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❚❚ Overview Data
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Thumbnail Playback
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Calendar Playback
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1 Select an image
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2 Press the L (A) button
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Deleting Photographs
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1 Select Delete
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2 Choose Selected
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3 Highlight a picture
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1 Choose Select Date
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2 Highlight a date
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Slide Shows
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Connections
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Viewing Photographs on TV
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1 Turn the camera off
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Connecting to a Computer
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Start Transfer button
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Printing Photographs
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3 Turn the camera on
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1 Select a picture
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2 Display printing options
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3 Adjust printing options
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4 Start printing
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2 Choose an option
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6 Start printing
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4 Display printing options
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5 Adjust printing options
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1 Select Index print
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1 Choose Select/set
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2 Select pictures
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3 Display imprint options
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4 Select imprint options
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5 Complete the print order
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Menu Guide
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Playback Folder
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Display Mode
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Image Review
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Rotate Tall
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ISO Sensitivity Settings
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Auto Distortion Control
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A Retouch: Distortion Control
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Color Space
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A Color Space
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A Nikon Software
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Long Exp. NR
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High ISO NR
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Active Folder
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D Folder Names
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A Custom Settings:
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Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
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A: Reset Custom Settings
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A Using the Rangefinder
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A Auto off Timers
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D File Number Sequence
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A Date Imprint
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To use the stored date
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A Manual
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A The SB-400
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A Flash Control
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2 Select Classic or Graphic
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3 Select a background color
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Camera in normal orientation
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Camera rotated 90° to shoot
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Auto Information Display
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Info Wrap-around
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Video Mode
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Time Zone and Date
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Language
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Image Comment
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Auto Image Rotation
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D Auto Image Rotation
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A Rotate Tall
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1 Choose a start option
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Eye-Fi Upload
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D Eye-Fi Cards
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A Supported Eye-Fi Cards
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Firmware Version
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N The Retouch Menu:
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Creating Retouched Copies
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3 Display retouch options
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4 Select retouch options
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5 Create a retouched copy
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D-Lighting
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Red-Eye Correction
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Monochrome
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Filter Effects
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Color Balance
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1 Select Choose size
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2 Choose the desired size
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3 Choose Select image
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4 Select pictures
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A Viewing Small Pictures
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1 Select Image overlay
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2 Display NEF (RAW) images
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3 Highlight a photograph
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6 Set gain
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8 Preview the overlay
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9 Save the overlay
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2 Select a photograph
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4 Copy the photograph
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Quick Retouch
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Straighten
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Distortion Control
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Color Outline
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Perspective Control
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1 Choose the frame size
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2 Choose the frame rate
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3 Select Create movie
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4 Select the first frame
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5 Select the last frame
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6 Select Save
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7 Save the movie
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1 Select Choose tab
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2 Select the desired menu
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❚❚ Adding Options to My Menu
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3 Select Done
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4 Delete the selected items
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1 Select Rank items
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2 Select an item
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3 Position the item
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Technical Notes
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Compatible Lenses
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Compatible Non-CPU Lenses
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D The Built-in Flash
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D AF-Assist Illumination
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A Calculating Picture Angle
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❚❚ CLS-Compatible Flash Units
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A Guide Number
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❚❚ Other Flash Units
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Other Accessories
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Approved Memory Cards
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4 Connect the AC adapter
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Caring for the Camera
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2 Select an option
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❚❚ Manual Cleaning
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7 Clean the filter
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8 Turn the camera off
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Cautions
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Available Settings
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❚❚ h Modes
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Memory Card Capacity
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55mm < F ≤ 135 mm
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135 mm < F
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Aperture
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Shutter speed
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Troubleshooting
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Shooting (All Modes)
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Shooting (P, S, A, M)
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Playback
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Miscellaneous
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Error Messages
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Specifications
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3 or ½ EV
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4 in. (ISO 1222)
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❚❚ Supported Standards
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Battery Life
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