User manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Parts of the camera
- Getting started
- Basic operations of shooting and playback
- Shooting features
- Selecting a shooting mode (mode dial)
- Auto mode (standard shooting)
- P, S, A, and M modes
- Shooting with the Bulb setting or Time setting (when in M mode)
- U (user settings) mode
- Creative mode (applying effects when shooting)
- Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions)
- Setting the flash mode, self-timer, focus mode, and exposure compensation
- Flash mode
- Self-timer
- Smile timer
- Using autofocus
- Using manual focus
- Exposure compensation
- Default settings (flash, self-timer, and focus mode)
- Using the Fn (function) button
- Using the zoom
- Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting
- Playback features
- Movies
- Using the menu
- Menu operations
- Menu lists
- The shooting menu (common across shooting modes)
- The shooting menu (P, S, A, M, or U mode)
- The Movie manual mode menu
- The movie menu
- The playback menu
- The network menu
- The setup menu
- Time zone and date
- Slot empty release lock
- Monitor settings
- EVF auto toggle
- Date stamp
- Self-timer: after release
- Vibration reduction
- AF assist
- Digital zoom
- Assign side zoom control
- Snap-back zoom
- Assign side dial
- AE/AF lock button
- Sound settings
- Auto off
- Format card
- Language
- HDMI
- Charge by computer
- Image comment
- Copyright information
- Location data
- Toggle Av/Tv selection
- Reset file numbering
- Peaking
- Reset all
- Conformity marking
- Firmware version
- Connecting the camera to a TV or computer
- Accessories
- If there is a problem
- Technical notes
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Using the menu
The shooting menu (common across shooting modes)
The shooting menu (common across shooting
mo
des)
Image quality
S
et the image quality (compression ratio) used when saving images.
Lower compression ratios result in higher quality images, but the number of images
that can be saved is reduced.
Shooting mode*
button Image quality button
* The image quality can be set in any shooting mode other than Movie manual. The
setting is also applied t
o other shooting modes (except shooting mode
and [Easy
panor
ama] scene mode).
Option Description
Fine
Finer image quality than [N
ormal].
Compression ratio of about 1:4
Normal
(default setting)
Normal image quality, suitable for most applications.
C
ompression ratio of about 1:8
RAW
Raw data from the image sensor are saved without additional
pr
ocessing. You can use a computer to change settings that were
set during shooting such as white balance and contrast.
•
File format: RAW (NRW), Nikon’s own format
RAW + Fine
Two images are recorded at the same time, one RAW image and one
ne
-quality JPEG image.
RAW +
N
ormal
Two images are recorded at the same time, one RAW image and one
nor
mal-quality JPEG image.
Notes about [Image quality]
•
[I
mage size] is xed at
[4608×3456] when [I
mage quality] is set to [RAW].