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... 19 Step 5-Attach a Lens 20 Step 6-Insert a Memory Card 22 Tutorial...25 Basic Photography 26 Step 1-Ready the Camera 27 Step 2-Adjust Camera Settings 29 Step 3-Frame a Photograph 31 Step 4-Focus 32 Step 5-Check Exposure 33 Step 6-Take the Photograph 34 Basic Playback 35 Taking Photographs ...37 Using Camera Menus 39 Image Quality and Size 41 Image Quality 41 Image Size ...44 Sensitivity (ISO Equivalency ...
... 19 Step 5-Attach a Lens 20 Step 6-Insert a Memory Card 22 Tutorial...25 Basic Photography 26 Step 1-Ready the Camera 27 Step 2-Adjust Camera Settings 29 Step 3-Frame a Photograph 31 Step 4-Focus 32 Step 5-Check Exposure 33 Step 6-Take the Photograph 34 Basic Playback 35 Taking Photographs ...37 Using Camera Menus 39 Image Quality and Size 41 Image Quality 41 Image Size ...44 Sensitivity (ISO Equivalency ...
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Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera 1 Shutter speed 85, 93, 94 Exposure compensation value ....... 97 Number of shots in bracketing sequence 98 Number of intervals for interval timer photography ......... 120 Focal ... Bracketing increment 99, 103 Number of shots per interval....... 120 Maximum aperture (non-CPU lens 127 PC mode indicator 225 11 Battery indicator 27 12 Frame count 23 13 "K" (appears when memory remains for over 1000 exposures 47 14 FV lock indicator 108 15 Sync indicator 115, 194 16 Clock battery...
Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera 1 Shutter speed 85, 93, 94 Exposure compensation value ....... 97 Number of shots in bracketing sequence 98 Number of intervals for interval timer photography ......... 120 Focal ... Bracketing increment 99, 103 Number of shots per interval....... 120 Maximum aperture (non-CPU lens 127 PC mode indicator 225 11 Battery indicator 27 12 Frame count 23 13 "K" (appears when memory remains for over 1000 exposures 47 14 FV lock indicator 108 15 Sync indicator 115, 194 16 Clock battery...
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Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera 1 8-mm (0.31˝) reference circle for center-weighted metering 84 2 Focus brackets (focus areas 74 Spot metering targets 84 3 Focus indicator 32 4 Metering 84 5 Bracketing ... 85-93 9 Aperture lock icon 94 10 Aperture (f/-number 90 Aperture (number of stops 95 11 Exposure mode 85 12 Exposure compensation indicator.. 97 13 Frame count 23 Number of exposures remaining 28, 47 Number of shots remaining before memory buffer fills 71 Exposure compensation value ....... 97 PC mode indicator...
Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera 1 8-mm (0.31˝) reference circle for center-weighted metering 84 2 Focus brackets (focus areas 74 Spot metering targets 84 3 Focus indicator 32 4 Metering 84 5 Bracketing ... 85-93 9 Aperture lock icon 94 10 Aperture (f/-number 90 Aperture (number of stops 95 11 Exposure mode 85 12 Exposure compensation indicator.. 97 13 Frame count 23 Number of exposures remaining 28, 47 Number of shots remaining before memory buffer fills 71 Exposure compensation value ....... 97 PC mode indicator...
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... playback Highlight thumbnail to left of current focus area ( 74). Full-frame playback Display next page of images displayed ( 134). The Multi Selector The button can also be some cases in the camera menus. Menu navigation Cancel and return to left of current thumbnail ( ...be used for the following operations: Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera Menu navigation Move highlight bar up ( 39). Menu navigation Select highlighted item ( 40). Playback Change number of photo information ( 132). Full-frame playback Display previous page of current focus area ( 74). The...
... playback Highlight thumbnail to left of current focus area ( 74). Full-frame playback Display next page of images displayed ( 134). The Multi Selector The button can also be some cases in the camera menus. Menu navigation Cancel and return to left of current thumbnail ( ...be used for the following operations: Introduction-Getting to Know the Camera Menu navigation Move highlight bar up ( 39). Menu navigation Select highlighted item ( 40). Playback Change number of photo information ( 132). Full-frame playback Display previous page of current focus area ( 74). The...
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...the battery when no charge remains. 2.2 Turn the camera off Turn the camera off before use (see the MH-21 instruction manual for details. 2.5 Insert the battery Insert the battery as shown at shipment. About 100 minutes are inserted, the frame count and number of exposures remaining). 17 To maximize... ( ) and remove the batterychamber cover. 2.4 Attach the battery cover to the open position ( ). Introduction-First Steps 2 Step 2-Insert the Battery The D2H is powered by a rechargeable Nikon EN-EL4 Li-ion battery (provided). 2.1 Charge the battery The EN-EL4 is securely latched.
...the battery when no charge remains. 2.2 Turn the camera off Turn the camera off before use (see the MH-21 instruction manual for details. 2.5 Insert the battery Insert the battery as shown at shipment. About 100 minutes are inserted, the frame count and number of exposures remaining). 17 To maximize... ( ) and remove the batterychamber cover. 2.4 Attach the battery cover to the open position ( ). Introduction-First Steps 2 Step 2-Insert the Battery The D2H is powered by a rechargeable Nikon EN-EL4 Li-ion battery (provided). 2.1 Charge the battery The EN-EL4 is securely latched.
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... Formatting Do not remove the card or battery or unplug the AC adapter (available separately) during formatting. A blink- To format the card, turn the camera on and hold the ( and ) buttons down simultaneously for approximately two seconds. play. Format ( 207) Memory cards can be formatted using the Format option... in the setup menu. 23 Pressing both buttons together a second time will appear in the shutter-speed display and the frame count will show the number of photographs that can also be recorded at current settings. When formatting is complete, the...
... Formatting Do not remove the card or battery or unplug the AC adapter (available separately) during formatting. A blink- To format the card, turn the camera on and hold the ( and ) buttons down simultaneously for approximately two seconds. play. Format ( 207) Memory cards can be formatted using the Format option... in the setup menu. 23 Pressing both buttons together a second time will appear in the shutter-speed display and the frame count will show the number of photographs that can also be recorded at current settings. When formatting is complete, the...
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... basic steps to taking photographs: Tutorial-Basic Photography STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 Ready the Camera 27-28 To learn more about the battery level display, see: • Introduction: First Steps 15-24 To learn how ...camera settings, see: • Taking Photographs: Choosing a Shooting Mode Taking Photographs: Image Quality and Size Taking Photographs: Sensitivity (ISO Equivalency Taking Photographs: White Balance Taking Photographs: Image Adjustment Taking Photographs: Focus Taking Photographs: Exposure 29-30 70-71 41-47 48-50 51-64 65-69 72-83 84-105 Frame...
... basic steps to taking photographs: Tutorial-Basic Photography STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 Ready the Camera 27-28 To learn more about the battery level display, see: • Introduction: First Steps 15-24 To learn how ...camera settings, see: • Taking Photographs: Choosing a Shooting Mode Taking Photographs: Image Quality and Size Taking Photographs: Sensitivity (ISO Equivalency Taking Photographs: White Balance Taking Photographs: Image Adjustment Taking Photographs: Focus Taking Photographs: Exposure 29-30 70-71 41-47 48-50 51-64 65-69 72-83 84-105 Frame...
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...JPEG Normal) Pictures are 2,464 × 1,632 pixels in size. 45 Sensitivity (digital equivalent of lighting. 64 Built-in the table below, using a type G or D lens. At this setting, the camera will take photographs at the default settings listed in exposure program automatically ad- Sensitivity 200 ...Hold the mode-dial lock release down (ᕃ) and turn the shooting mode dial (ᕄ) to S (single frame). 2 Tutorial-Basic Photography Step 2-Adjust Camera Settings This tutorial describes how to take one photograph each time the shutter-release button is pressed. 29 Exposure ...
...JPEG Normal) Pictures are 2,464 × 1,632 pixels in size. 45 Sensitivity (digital equivalent of lighting. 64 Built-in the table below, using a type G or D lens. At this setting, the camera will take photographs at the default settings listed in exposure program automatically ad- Sensitivity 200 ...Hold the mode-dial lock release down (ᕃ) and turn the shooting mode dial (ᕄ) to S (single frame). 2 Tutorial-Basic Photography Step 2-Adjust Camera Settings This tutorial describes how to take one photograph each time the shutter-release button is pressed. 29 Exposure ...
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...selected, the metering display in the viewfinder shows . 30 When matrix metering is pressed halfway. At this setting, the camera will automatically focus on the camera, 3D matrix metering is in the selected focus area. 2.3 Choose single-servo autofocus ( 72) Rotate the focus-mode selector ...until it clicks into place pointing to S (single-servo autofocus). At this setting, the user can only be taken when the camera is used for the entire frame. Pressing the shutter-release button halfway locks focus at the distance to the subject in focus. 2.4 Choose matrix metering ( 84)...
...selected, the metering display in the viewfinder shows . 30 When matrix metering is pressed halfway. At this setting, the camera will automatically focus on the camera, 3D matrix metering is in the selected focus area. 2.3 Choose single-servo autofocus ( 72) Rotate the focus-mode selector ...until it clicks into place pointing to S (single-servo autofocus). At this setting, the user can only be taken when the camera is used for the entire frame. Pressing the shutter-release button halfway locks focus at the distance to the subject in focus. 2.4 Choose matrix metering ( 84)...
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...to the view- finder, be careful not to put your fingers or fingernails in your left. Tutorial-Basic Photography 3 Step 3-Frame a Photograph To prevent blurred photographs caused by closing the viewfinder shutter to +1 m-1. Viewfinder Focus The viewfinder is with... your right hand and cradle the camera body or lens with one foot a half pace in the range -3 m-1 to release the eyepiece lock (ᕃ) and then unscrewing the eyepiece ...
...to the view- finder, be careful not to put your fingers or fingernails in your left. Tutorial-Basic Photography 3 Step 3-Frame a Photograph To prevent blurred photographs caused by closing the viewfinder shutter to +1 m-1. Viewfinder Focus The viewfinder is with... your right hand and cradle the camera body or lens with one foot a half pace in the range -3 m-1 to release the eyepiece lock (ᕃ) and then unscrewing the eyepiece ...
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Size of JPEG files varies with camera or in Nikon Capture 4, NEF images are approximate. The number of compressed NEF or JPEG images that can be stored on the memory card is higher than shown. ..., the more pictures at current settings, the number of compressed NEF (RAW) im- When opened in software provided with scene recorded. † Maximum number of frames that can be stored in a single burst to sixty percent of uncompressed NEF images. ages is approximately fifty to the nearest hundred (e.g., if there...
Size of JPEG files varies with camera or in Nikon Capture 4, NEF images are approximate. The number of compressed NEF or JPEG images that can be stored on the memory card is higher than shown. ..., the more pictures at current settings, the number of compressed NEF (RAW) im- When opened in software provided with scene recorded. † Maximum number of frames that can be stored in a single burst to sixty percent of uncompressed NEF images. ages is approximately fifty to the nearest hundred (e.g., if there...
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d6-Control Panel/Viewfinder Display > Rear Control Panel ( 192) If Frame Count is selected for Control panel/viewfinder display > Rear control panel (Custom Setting d6), sensitivity will only be selected for Custom Setting b1 (ISO Auto), the camera will be set to HI-1 or HI-2 while ISO Auto is...
d6-Control Panel/Viewfinder Display > Rear Control Panel ( 192) If Frame Count is selected for Control panel/viewfinder display > Rear control panel (Custom Setting d6), sensitivity will only be selected for Custom Setting b1 (ISO Auto), the camera will be set to HI-1 or HI-2 while ISO Auto is...
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... Select Set d-0 d-1 d-2 d-3 d-4 d-0 : Stores last value measured for shooting under mixed lighting or to all shooting menu banks ( 162). The camera can be copied to any white balance preset ( 62). A descriptive comment can store up to measure a value for long-term storage ( 64). White...for preset white balance in preset d-0. To prevent this value from Nikon Capture 4 (available separately; 64). Four options are available for setting preset white balance: Recording New Values with the Camera (1) Frame a neutral gray or white object and press the shutter-release button...
... Select Set d-0 d-1 d-2 d-3 d-4 d-0 : Stores last value measured for shooting under mixed lighting or to all shooting menu banks ( 162). The camera can be copied to any white balance preset ( 62). A descriptive comment can store up to measure a value for long-term storage ( 64). White...for preset white balance in preset d-0. To prevent this value from Nikon Capture 4 (available separately; 64). Four options are available for setting preset white balance: Recording New Values with the Camera (1) Frame a neutral gray or white object and press the shutter-release button...
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... flash. Rear control panel Top control panel Viewfinder 3 To measure white balance using a neutral gray or white object... ...frame the reference object so that the ambient light sensor is lit by the light source and press the FUNC. To exit without measuring a new...fills the viewfinder and press the shutter-release button all exposure modes. A blinking will be measured accurately even when the camera is automatically increased by the electronic analog exposure display. 59 Taking Photographs-White Balance 2 Release the WB button briefly and then press...
... flash. Rear control panel Top control panel Viewfinder 3 To measure white balance using a neutral gray or white object... ...frame the reference object so that the ambient light sensor is lit by the light source and press the FUNC. To exit without measuring a new...fills the viewfinder and press the shutter-release button all exposure modes. A blinking will be measured accurately even when the camera is automatically increased by the electronic analog exposure display. 59 Taking Photographs-White Balance 2 Release the WB button briefly and then press...
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...-3 3 Press the multi selector up or down , left, or right to display the photographs on page 61. To view the highlighted image full frame, press the button. d-4 only), highlight the preset in the thumbnail display and press the center of the multi selector as described in steps 1-3 ...on the memory card. Only photographs taken with the D2H will be displayed; Press the button again to return to a selected preset (d-1 - d-4 Only) To copy a value for white balance from a Photograph (d-1 ...
...-3 3 Press the multi selector up or down , left, or right to display the photographs on page 61. To view the highlighted image full frame, press the button. d-4 only), highlight the preset in the thumbnail display and press the center of the multi selector as described in steps 1-3 ...on the memory card. Only photographs taken with the D2H will be displayed; Press the button again to return to a selected preset (d-1 - d-4 Only) To copy a value for white balance from a Photograph (d-1 ...
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...Additional photographs can result in blurred photographs. CH While the shutter-release button is held down , camera records up to Continuous eight frames per second (seven frames per second* while the shutContinuous ter-release button is on high speed and sensitivity is not ...again to enhance shutter response and minimize vibration. CL Camera records from value selected by Self-timer camera shake ( 123). The following modes are available: Taking Photographs-Choosing a Shooting Mode Mode Description S Single frame Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-release button is...
...Additional photographs can result in blurred photographs. CH While the shutter-release button is held down , camera records up to Continuous eight frames per second (seven frames per second* while the shutContinuous ter-release button is on high speed and sensitivity is not ...again to enhance shutter response and minimize vibration. CL Camera records from value selected by Self-timer camera shake ( 123). The following modes are available: Taking Photographs-Choosing a Shooting Mode Mode Description S Single frame Camera takes one photograph each time shutter-release button is...
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...exhausted while images remain in the buffer, recording may take from a few minutes. Taking Photographs-Choosing a Shooting Mode The Memory Buffer The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for another photograph. d2-Maximum Shots ( 188) In continuous mode, Custom Setting d2 (Maximum shots) can...between one second after turning the camera off (keep the button pressed for large images): • Compressed NEF (RAW) + JPEG Basic: 32 s (24 frames) • Compressed NEF (RAW): 26 s (25 frames) • TIFF RGB: 420 s (35 frames) • JPEG Fine: 26 s (40 frames) Buffer Size The number of...
...exhausted while images remain in the buffer, recording may take from a few minutes. Taking Photographs-Choosing a Shooting Mode The Memory Buffer The camera is equipped with a memory buffer for another photograph. d2-Maximum Shots ( 188) In continuous mode, Custom Setting d2 (Maximum shots) can...between one second after turning the camera off (keep the button pressed for large images): • Compressed NEF (RAW) + JPEG Basic: 32 s (24 frames) • Compressed NEF (RAW): 26 s (25 frames) • TIFF RGB: 420 s (35 frames) • JPEG Fine: 26 s (40 frames) Buffer Size The number of...
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... area, rotate the focus selector lock. Taking Photographs-Focus Focus Area Selection The D2H offers a choice of eleven focus areas that the subject closest to the camera is always in focus regardless of where it is the frame (closest-subject priority; 76). The focus area can be used to focus on... the closest subject in the frame, or automatically to ensure that together cover a wide area of...
... area, rotate the focus selector lock. Taking Photographs-Focus Focus Area Selection The D2H offers a choice of eleven focus areas that the subject closest to the camera is always in focus regardless of where it is the frame (closest-subject priority; 76). The focus area can be used to focus on... the closest subject in the frame, or automatically to ensure that together cover a wide area of...
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...area only. The selected mode is still focusing. User selects focus area manually, but place of frame (see right); If the subject leaves selected focus area even briefly, camera will stay in single- Use when following options are only available in selected focus area. Group ... Taking Photographs-Focus Autofocus When the focus mode selector is set to S (single-servo autofocus) or C (continuous-servo autofocus), the camera focuses automatically when the shutter-release button is known. This section describes focus options that will still be able to keep subject in which...
...area only. The selected mode is still focusing. User selects focus area manually, but place of frame (see right); If the subject leaves selected focus area even briefly, camera will stay in single- Use when following options are only available in selected focus area. Group ... Taking Photographs-Focus Autofocus When the focus mode selector is set to S (single-servo autofocus) or C (continuous-servo autofocus), the camera focuses automatically when the shutter-release button is known. This section describes focus options that will still be able to keep subject in which...
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.... While shutter-release button is pressed halfway. button is pressed halfway, cam- of its of focus areas selected by user. Camera focuses on subject in single focus area. appear in overall composition area containing subject closest to cam- the next. Use with subjects...when you know closest to camera is pressed can be closest object to camera from all eleven focus era but unsure of focus areas selected by user. tion. closest to camera. 79 Use with static subjects when Focus will be continuously framed halfway. Use when sure of...
.... While shutter-release button is pressed halfway. button is pressed halfway, cam- of its of focus areas selected by user. Camera focuses on subject in single focus area. appear in overall composition area containing subject closest to cam- the next. Use with subjects...when you know closest to camera is pressed can be closest object to camera from all eleven focus era but unsure of focus areas selected by user. tion. closest to camera. 79 Use with static subjects when Focus will be continuously framed halfway. Use when sure of...