User manual
Table Of Contents
- Q&A Index
- For Your Safety
- Notices
- Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- Tutorial
- Live View Photography
- Movie Live View
- Image Recording Options
- Focus
- Release Mode
- ISO Sensitivity
- Exposure
- White Balance
- Image Enhancement
- Flash Photography
- Other Shooting Options
- More About Playback
- Voice Memos
- Connections
- Menu Guide
- The Playback Menu: Managing Images
- The Shooting Menu: Shooting Options
- Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
- Custom Settings Bank
- a: Autofocus
- b: Metering/Exposure
- c: Timers/AE Lock
- d: Shooting/Display
- e: Bracketing/Flash
- f: Controls
- f1: Multi Selector Center Button
- f2: Multi Selector
- f3: Assign Fn Button
- f4: Assign Preview Button
- f5: Assign Sub-selector
- f6: Assign Sub-selector Center
- f7: Assign Fn Button (Vert.)
- f8: Shutter Spd & Aperture Lock
- f9: Assign BKT Button
- f10: Customize Command Dials
- f11: Release Button to Use Dial
- f12: Slot Empty Release Lock
- f13: Reverse Indicators
- f14: Assign Multi Selector (Vert.)
- f15: Playback Zoom
- f16: Assign Movie Record Button
- g: Movie
- The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
- The Retouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies
- My Menu/Recent Settings
- Technical Notes

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Reflex mirror Quick return
Depth-of-field preview When Pv button is pressed, lens aperture is stopped
down to value selected by user (g and h modes) or by
camera (e and f modes)
Lens aperture Instant return, electronically controlled
Lens
Compatible lenses
Compatible with AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G
and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC Micro-
NIKKOR lenses) and DX lenses (using DX 24 × 16 1.5×
image area), AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI
lenses (exposure modes g and h only). IX NIKKOR
lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses can
not be used.
The electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses
that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the
electronic rangefinder supports the 11 focus points
with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or
faster).
Shutter
Type Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
shutter
Speed
1
/8000 – 30 s in steps of
1
/3,
1
/2, or 1 EV, bulb, X250
Flash sync speed X=
1
/250 s; synchronizes with shutter at
1
/250 s or slower
Release
Release mode S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed),
C
H (continuous high speed), J (quiet shutter-release),
E (self-timer), M
UP (mirror up)
Approximate frame
advance rate
Up to 10 fps (C
L) or 10–11 fps (CH)
Self-timer 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1–9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2,
or 3 s
Viewfinder