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My D5000 Does Not Respond To Controls. Live View Screen Went Black.
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D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 5
... I use the optional remote control? Can I frame photos in quiet surroundings? How do I focus the viewfinder? How do I shoot a series of the camera?
How do I keep the flash from beeping? How do I turn off AF-assist illuminator
54-55 58 57 58
71-72 71-72
30 70-72
155
Release mode
65-66
Self-timer Remote control
67-69
Exposure
80
Mode S (shutter-priority auto)
82
Mode...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 7
... my camera? What memory cards can I use ?
What software is available for servicing and repairs? Key phrase
0
The DK-5 eyepiece cap 67, 77
Approved memory cards 203
Compatible lenses 194
Optional flash units 198
Accessories
202
Cleaning
205
Servicing
205
v How do I keep the file number from being reset when I adjust settings?
How do I insert a new memory card? How...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 9
... ...52
More on Photography (All Modes)
53
Focus ...54 Focus Mode...54 AF-Area Mode ...56 Focus Point Selection ...58 Focus Lock ...58 Manual Focus ...60
Image Quality and Size ...62 Image Quality ...62 Image Size...64
Release Mode ...65 Self-Timer and Remote Modes 67
Using the Built-in Flash...70 Flash Mode ...71
ISO Sensitivity...74 Interval Timer Photography 76 Two-Button Reset ...78
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D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 11
...152
A Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings 153 A: Reset Custom Settings 154
a: Autofocus ...155
a1: AF-area Mode...155 a2: Built-in AF-assist Illuminator 155 a3: Live View Autofocus 155 a4: Rangefinder ...156 b: Exposure...156
b1: EV Steps for Exposure Cntrl 156 c: Timers/AE Lock ...156
c1: Shutter-Release Button AE-L 156 c2: Auto off Timers ...157 c3: Self-Timer...157 c4: Remote on...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 20
...; Symbols and Conventions
To make it be serviced once every three to five years (note that should be read by Nikon specifically for your Nikon digital camera are engineered and proven to read before use with your purchase of a Nikon single-lens reflex (SLR) digital camera. Any accessories regularly used with the camera, such as lenses or optional flash units, should be read all...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 23
... increase depth-of children. j Auto (flash off) (0 28): As above, except that the flash will not fire even when lighting is poor.
❚❚ Scene Modes
Selecting a scene mode automatically optimizes settings to your creative intent.
P-Programmed auto (0 81): Camera chooses A-Aperture-priority auto (0 83): Adjust
shutter speed and aperture, user controls aperture to produce optimal...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 36
...1 Turn the camera off. 2 Remove the rear lens cap and the
camera body cap. If the lens is equipped with an A-M or M/A-M switch, select A (autofocus) or M/A (autofocus with other AF lenses.
18 A-M mode switch (see below) VR (vibration reduction) switch (0 19)
3 Attach the lens.
An AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens is removed.
Autofocus is supported with only AF-S and AF-I lenses...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 71
...build on the Tutorial to cover more advanced shooting and playback options. Focus ...54 Focus Mode...54 AF-Area Mode ...56 Focus Point Selection ...58 Focus Lock ...58
Manual Focus...60 z
Image Quality and Size 62 Image Quality ...62 Image Size...64
Release Mode ...65 Self-Timer and Remote Modes 67
Using the Built-in Flash 70 Flash Mode ...71
ISO Sensitivity ...74 Interval Timer Photography 76...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 78
...matte field in the viewfinder is in focus. Photographs can be adjusted manually, regardless of AF-S lenses (including the AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens used when you are not using an AF-S or AF-I lens or when autofocus does not produce the desired results (0 55).
1 Set the lens focus-mode switch.
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A AF-S Lenses
Users of the mode selected with an A-M or M/A-M switch, slide the...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 180
...Flash for Digital SLR: Flash output is adjusted for the built-in flash in P, S, A, and M modes. At full power, the built-in flash has a Guide Number of the background is adjusted automatically in response to be selected from TTL and Manual. Option
Description
1 TTL Flash output is not taken into account. the brightness of 18/59 (m/ft., ISO 200, 20 °C/68 °F).
e: Bracketing/Flash...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 236
... (No memory card?, 0 164). Final photo is larger than 8 s: use ; Can not select focus point: • Auto-area selected for AF-area mode: choose another mode (0 33). • AF-assist lamp does not light for Custom Setting a2 (Built-in live view (0 43). • Press shutter-release button halfway to turn on (0 151). • Shutter speed is charging (0 32).
Shooting (All Modes)
Camera...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 243
Lens Compatible lenses
• AF-S or AF-I (continuous), E (self-timer), " (delayed remote), # (quick response), v (quiet shutter-release) Up to 4 fps (manual focus, mode M or S, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster, and other CPU lenses)
• Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 9 shots
Exposure
Metering
TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
Metering method • Matrix: ...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 249
after shutter-release button has been pressed halfway for 4 s; Live view not used . six shots are given below. • Single-frame release mode (CIPA standard 1): Approximately 510 shots • Continuous release mode (Nikon standard 2): Approximately 2900 shots
1 Measured at 23 °C/73.4 °F (±2 °C/3.6 °F) with an AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens under...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 250
...163 Attaching the lens 18 Audio video cable 132 Auto (White balance 96 Auto bracketing set........... 103, 162 Auto dim 166 Auto distortion control 150 Auto image rotation 170 Auto information display ..........168 Auto meter off 29, 157 Auto off timers 157 Auto-area (AF-area mode 57 Autofocus 54-59 Auto-servo AF 54 Available Settings 212
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Battery 16, 17, 28 Beep 158 Black-and-white...
D5000 User's Guide (English) - Page 252
... 64 Self-timer 65, 67, 157 Self-timer delay 157 Sensitivity 74, 149 Sepia 178 Set Picture Control 108 Setup menu 165 Shade (White balance 96 Shooting data 119, 120 Shooting menu 148 Shutter-priority auto 82 Shutter-release button.. 32, 58, 89, 156 Shutter-release button AE-L.....156 Side-by-side comparison ..........189 Single point (AF-area mode) ...... 57 Single-frame (Release mode...
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