User Manual

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Table Of Contents

Q&A Index
Quick Start Guide
Menu Options
Table of Contents
For Your Safety
Notices
Introduction
- Overview
- Getting to Know the Camera
- Camera Menus
  - Using Camera Menus
- First Steps
Basic Photography and Playback
- Battery Level and Card Capacity
- “Point-and-Shoot” Photography (Auto and Auto (flash off) Modes)
- Basic Playback
  - Deleting Unwanted Photographs
- Creative Photography (Scene Modes)
P, S, A, and M Modes
- P: Programmed Auto
- S: Shutter-Priority Auto
- A: Aperture-Priority Auto
- M: Manual
  - Long Time-Exposures (M Mode Only)
User Settings: U1 and U2 Modes
- Saving User Settings
- Recalling User Settings
- Resetting User Settings
Release Mode
- Choosing a Release Mode
  - Frame Advance Rate
- Self-Timer Mode
- Mirror up Mode
Image Recording Options
- Image Area
- Image Quality and Size
  - Image Quality
  - Image Size
- Using Two Memory Cards
Focus
- Autofocus
- Manual Focus
ISO Sensitivity
- Auto ISO Sensitivity Control
Exposure
- Metering
- Autoexposure Lock
- Exposure Compensation
White Balance
- Fine-Tuning White Balance
- Choosing a Color Temperature
- Preset Manual
Image Enhancement
- Picture Controls
- Preserving Detail in Highlights and Shadows
  - Active D-Lighting
  - High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Flash Photography
- Using the Built-in Flash
  - Flash Mode
- Flash Compensation
- FV Lock
Remote Control Photography
- Using an Optional ML-L3 Remote Control
- Wireless Remote Controllers
  - WR-1 Wireless Remote Controllers
  - WR-R10/WR-T10 Wireless Remote Controllers
Other Shooting Options
- Two-Button Reset: Restoring Default Settings
- Bracketing
- Multiple Exposure
- Interval Timer Photography
- Non-CPU Lenses
- Using a GPS Unit
Live View Photography
- Focusing in Live View
- Using the i Button
- The Live View Display: Live View Photography
- The Information Display: Live View Photography
- Manual Focus
Movie Live View
- Using the i Button
- The Live View Display: Movie Live View
- The Information Display: Movie Live View
- Image Area
- Movie Settings
- Viewing Movies
- Editing Movies
  - Trimming Movies
  - Saving Selected Frames
Special Effects
- Shooting with Special Effects
More on Playback
- Full-Frame Playback
  - Photo Information
- Thumbnail Playback
- Calendar Playback
- Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom
- Protecting Photographs from Deletion
- Deleting Photographs
  - Full-Frame, Thumbnail, and Calendar Playback
  - The Playback Menu
Connections
- Installing ViewNX 2
- Using ViewNX 2
- Printing Photographs
- Viewing Photographs on TV
Menu Guide
- The Playback Menu: Managing Images
- The Shooting Menu: Shooting Options
- Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
- The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
- The Retouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies
  - Creating Retouched Copies
- My Menu/Recent Settings
  - Recent Settings
Technical Notes
- Compatible Lenses
- Optional Flash Units (Speedlights)
  - The Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)
- Other Accessories
  - Attaching a Power Connector and AC Adapter
- Caring for the Camera
- Caring for the Camera and Battery: Cautions
- Available Settings
- Defaults
- Exposure Program (Mode P)
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Specifications
  - The AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
- Approved Memory Cards
- Memory Card Capacity
- Battery Life
- Index

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6 Compose the shot.

Compose the shot and arrange the flash units as shown below.

Note that the

maximum distance at which the remote flash units can be placed may vary with

shooting conditions.

7 Configure the remote flash units.

Turn all the remote flash units on, adjust group settings as desired, and set them

to the channel selected in Step 4. See the flash unit instruction manuals for

details.

8 Raise the built-in flash.

Press the M (Y) button to raise the built-in flash.

Note that even if –– is

selected for Built-in flash > Mode, the built-in flash must be raised so that

monitor preflashes will be emitted.

9 Frame the photograph, focus, and shoot.

After confirming that the camera flash-ready light and the flash-ready lights for

all other flash units are lit, frame the photograph, focus, and shoot.

FV lock

(0 125) can be used if desired.

60° or less

30° or less10 m/33 ft

or less

30° or less

60° or less

5m/15ft

less

5m/15ft

or less

Camera

(built-in flash)

Wireless remote sensors

on flash units should face

camera.