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Camera Settings
Symbols and Conventions
AFor Your Safety
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Take photos
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Introduction
Taking and Viewing Photographs
Recording and Viewing Movies
t, u, v, and wModes
Other Shooting Modes
zCombining Photos with Brief Movie Vignettes (Motion
More on Photography
More on Playback
Connections
The Playback Menu
The Shooting Menu
The Movie Menu
The Image Processing Menu
The Setup Menu
Technical Notes
For Your Safety
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Notices
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS—SAVETHESE INSTRUCTIONS
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DUse Only Nikon Brand Accessories
DServicing the Camera and Accessories
ABefore Taking Important Pictures
ALife-LongLearning
For users in the U.S.A
Wireless
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sIntroduction
The Camera Body
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AHolding the Camera
The Monitor
The $(Display) Button
❚❚Playback
AVirtual Horizon
DTilting the Camera
The Mode Dial
The Multi Selector
The GButton
❚❚Using the Menus
1 Select a menu
2 Select an item
3 Select an option
AUsing the Menus
The &(Feature) Button
AThe &Menu
The Function Buttons (Fn1 and Fn2)
Using the Vari-AngleMonitor
DUsing the Monitor
Using the Touch Screen
Tap
Flick
Slide
Stretch/Pinch
AThe Touch Screen
AUsing the Touch Screen
❚❚Taking Pictures
Take a
picture (tap
shooting)
Focus (tap
❚❚Viewing Pictures
View other
images
View movies
or panoramas
Use
guides
Scroll
Choose a
menu
❚❚The &Menu
First Steps
1 Attach the camera strap
2 Charge the battery
AThe Plug Adapter
3 Insert the battery
4 Insert a memory card
DInserting and Removing Batteries and Memory Cards
ARemoving the Battery
DThe Battery and Charger
AFormatting Memory Cards
ARemoving Memory Cards
DMemory Cards
5 Attach a lens
ADetaching the Lens
6 Turn the camera on
ATurning the Camera Off
AAuto Power Off
AAttaching and Removing Lenses
ALenses with Retractable Lens Barrel Buttons
7 Choose a language
8 Set the clock
AThe Camera Clock
9 Check the battery level and memory card capacity
❚❚Battery Level
❚❚Number of Exposures Remaining
Attaching an Electronic Viewfinder
3 Attach the viewfinder
DHandling the Viewfinder
AUsing the Viewfinder
AViewfinder Focus
Attaching a Grip
2 Remove the connector cap
3 Attach the grip
LOCK2
ARemoving the Grip
LOCK
zTaking and Viewing Photographs
Point-and-ShootPhotography (Auto Mode)
1 Turn the camera on
2 Select Cmode
3 Ready the camera
4 Frame the photograph
5Focus
6Shoot
AThe Framing Grid
Display
Grid display
Viewing Photographs
AThe &(Feature) Menu (012)
Deleting Pictures
AThe Shutter-ReleaseButton
AAutomatic Scene Selection
Portrait
Landscape
Night portrait
AUsing a Zoom Lens
AFace Priority
AAvailable Settings
ADeleting Multiple Pictures
ASee Also
Live Image Control
Brightness control
DLive Image Control
Choosing a Creative Mode
1 Select wmode
2 Choose an option
Creative
Choosing a Mode That Matches the Subject or Situation
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The Creative Palette
HDR
Easy Panorama
Image size
Normal panorama
Wide panorama
APanoramas
❚❚Viewing Panoramas
Selective Color
Cross Process
yRecording and Viewing Movies
Recording Movies
2 Choose a shooting mode
Advanced movie
3 Frame the opening shot
4 Start recording
AAudio Recording
Single AF
AFocus and Exposure Lock
5 End recording
❚❚Shooting Mode
CAuto mode (0 38)
AMovie Sound
Movie sound options
❚❚Advanced Movie Options
0 HD movie
1 Fast motion
2 Jump cut
ond movies
ASlow Motion
ARecording Time
Advanced movie mode
HD movie
Fast motion
Taking Photographs During Movie Recording
Viewing Movies
DThe Speaker
Deleting Movies
DRecording Movies
#t, u, v, and wModes
tProgrammed Auto
uShutter-PriorityAuto
vAperture-PriorityAuto
wManual
AThe Exposure Indicator
# ❚❚ Long Time-Exposures(wMode Only)
Bulb
1 Ready the camera
Long exposure NR
2 Choose a shutter speed
Bulb
Time
3 Open the shutter
4 Close the shutter
ROther Shooting Modes
R Choosing a Shot Manually (Active Selection)
1 Select umode
2 Choose Active Selection
Best moment capture
Active Selection
3 Frame the photograph
4 Begin buffering photographs
5Shoot
6 Select up to 40 frames
7 Save the selected frames
AActive Selection
ABest Moment Capture Mode
Choosing Your Moment (Slow View)
4 Press the shutter-releasebutton halfway
Letting the Camera Choose the Moment
(Smart Photo Selector)
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ASmart Photo Selector
ABuffering
DSmart Photo Selector Files
Number of shots saved
❚❚Viewing Photos Taken with the Smart Photo Selector
Choosing the Best Shot
❚❚Deleting Pictures
ADeleting Individual Photographs
This image
All except best shot
zCombining Photos with Brief Movie Vignettes (Motion Snapshot Mode)
1 Select zmode
2 Frame the picture
3 Begin buffering
4Shoot
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❚❚Audio
Ambient
Audio
Background music
None
Viewing Motion Snapshots
Deleting Motion Snapshots
tMore on Photography
4 Frame your subject and shoot
DContinuous Mode
ABuffer Size
ASingle Frame
Self-TimerModes
2 Select E
t 3 Select the desired self-timeroption
4 Mount the camera on a tripod
5 Frame the photograph and shoot
AMovie Mode
ARaising the Flash
Remote Control Photography
ABefore Using the ML-L3Remote Control
2Select #
3 Select the desired remote-controloption
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AUsing a Flash
Focus Mode
AF-A
Auto-select
AF-S
AF-C
1 Display focus mode options
2 Select the desired option
AGetting Good Results with Autofocus
Manual Focus
4Focus
AMovies
AFocal Plane Position
Exposure Compensation
2 Choose a value
AExposure Compensation
The Built-inFlash
1 Raise the flash
2 Choose a flash mode
❚❚ Flash Modes
• N
• N
• Np
• Nr
DRaising the Flash
ALowering the Built-inFlash
AThe Flash-ReadyIndicator
AUsing the Built-inFlash
AAperture, Sensitivity, and Flash Range
Attaching Flash Units
Taking Pictures
❚❚Bounce Lighting
ABounce Lighting
AThe Capture Illuminator
AOptional Flash Units
AThe Flash/Capture-IlluminatorStatus Indicators
graph is taken
8 times a second
Attaching the GP-N100
Setup Menu Options
AConnection Status
LED
AAssisted GPS
Auto and Creative Modes
t, u, v, and wModes
Advanced Movie Mode
DBest Moment Capture/Motion Snapshot
DTaking Pictures Using Tap Shooting Options
TWi-Fi
Accessing the Camera
Android
Push-button
WPS button connection
PIN-entry
WPS (Android Only)
PIN Entry (Android Only)
SSID (Android and iOS)
5 Launch the Wireless Mobile Utility
❚❚Restoring Default Settings
connection type
Reset
DWi-Fi
Uploading Photos One at a Time
5 Download the photo to the smart device
Uploading Multiple Selected Photos
3 Press J
4 Select Yes
5 Select the camera SSID on the smart device
6 Download the photos to the smart device
IMore on Playback
❚❚Detailed photo info
❚❚Highlights
AFolder and File Numbers
AHistograms (0130)
Thumbnail Playback
Calendar Playback
Playback Zoom
Deleting the Current Picture
The Playback Menu
Rating Pictures
1 Select a picture
2 Select Rating
3 Choose a rating
Slide Shows
Slide show
panorama
MOV file selected for File format (0 176)
File format
2 Adjust display times and audio settings
Frame interval
Same as Movie playback frame interval
3 Select Start
Start
Resume
Exit
I DThe Speaker
QConnections
3 Exit the installer
Windows
Mac
4 Remove the installer CD from the CD-ROMdrive
ASupplied Software
System Requirements
Photos
CPU
Movies (editing)
Memory (RAM)
Hard disk space
Transferring Pictures
2 Start the Nikon Transfer 2 component of ViewNX
3 Click Start Transfer
4 Terminate the connection
Viewing Pictures
High-DefinitionDevices
DClose the Connector Cover
ATelevision Playback
AElectronic VR
❚❚HDMI Device Control
HDMI device control
Connecting the Printer
Printing Pictures One at a Time
3 Start printing
Start printing
Printing Multiple Pictures
AInspecting Pictures
AErrors
Creating a DPOF Print Order: Print Set
oThe Playback Menu
Resize
Combine
4-second
movies
AImage Quality
Selecting Multiple Images
Image Review
Rotate Tall
Auto image rotation
Protect
Rating
D-Lighting
DD-Lighting
AImage Size
Resize
DResized Copies
Crop
DCropped Copies
Edit Movie
1 Choose an edit option
Choose end point
2 Select a movie
3 Pause the movie on opening or closing frame
4 Delete the unwanted frames
5 Save the copy
DTrimming Movies
Combine 4-SecondMovies
1 Select movies
2 Combine the selected movies
Combine NMS Movies
1 Select Motion Snapshots
2 Combine the selected Motion Snapshots
Ambient
iThe Shooting Menu
after
Selective color selected in
Soft
Hue
taken with Cross process
control
shooting
Optical VR
Built-inAF
assist
Exposure Mode
Slow view
selector
Programmed
auto
Image Quality
Image Size
❚❚Standard Photographs
Easy panorama
❚❚Panoramas
Size (pixels)
ANEF (RAW)/NEF (RAW) + JPEG
AFile Names
AImage Quality and Size
Active Selection
❚❚On Release, Record
frames
and
following
Number of Shots Saved
Movie Before/After
1.6 s : 0 s
1.0 s : 0.6 s
File Format
MOV file
Soft
Soft
❚❚Filter strength
Toy Camera Effect
Toy camera effect
❚❚Saturation
❚❚Vignetting
Metering
Auto Distortion Control
Color Space
sRGB
Adobe RGB
AAdobe RGB
Active D-Lighting
Matrix
Off
DActive D-Lighting
A“Active D-Lighting”Versus “D-Lighting”
Long Exposure NR
Interval Timer Shooting
1 Choose the interval
Interval
3 Start shooting
Start
AInterval Timer Photography
AInterrupting Interval Timer Photography
Optical VR
AVibration Reduction
Electronic VR
1080/60p
720/60p
Frame size/ frame rate
AF-AreaMode
Auto
area
Single
point
Built-inAF Assist
• Auto-area or Single-point is selected for AF-areamode (0 185)
AThe AF-AssistIlluminator
Flash Control
1TTL
Flash Compensation
(The Movie Menu
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Slow Motion
Bit rate1
120 fps
400 fps
Frame Size/Frame Rate
t 1080/60p
r 1080/30p
u 720/60p
s 720/30p
Movie Sound Options
❚❚Microphone
Microphone off
AThe 2Icon
❚❚Wind Noise Reduction
Auto Image Capture
)The Image Processing Menu
White Balance
Fluorescent
Cloudy
Shade
Fine-TuningWhite Balance
Preset Manual
3 Measure white balance
4 Check the results
DAuto Power Off
DPreset White Balance
AColor Temperature
2700 K
• J
ISO Sensitivity
1600, 3200, 6400
6400 (NR), 12800
12800 (NR)
A“Auto” ISO Sensitivity Options
Modifying Picture Controls
2 Adjust settings
Quick adjust
APreset Picture Controls Versus Custom Picture Controls
AModified Picture Controls
❚❚Picture Control Settings
Quick adjust
Filter
effects
Toning
APrevious Settings
AFilter Effects (Monochrome Only)
Filter effects
AToning (Monochrome Only)
Edit/Save
Load from/Save to Card
Load from/save to card
Custom Picture Control
ACopy to Card
ACustom Picture Control > Delete
High ISO Noise Reduction
gThe Setup Menu
button
Language
Location data
Pixel mapping
Display Brightness
Viewfinder Brightness
Grid Display
Playback Highlight Display
Auto Power Off
AThe GP-N100
Auto power off
Remote on Duration
Autoexposure Lock
2 Lock exposure
AE-L/AF-L
3 Recompose the photograph
Focus Lock
3 Recompose the photograph and shoot
Flicker Reduction
AFlicker Reduction
Reset File Numbering
Reset file numbering
Time Zone and Date
Date and time
Daylight
Auto Image Rotation
DAuto Image Rotation
ARotate Tall
Rotate tall
Pixel Mapping
1 Attach a lens and lens cap
2 Select Pixel mapping
Pixel mapping
4 Turn the camera off
nTechnical Notes
Power
sources
Speedlight
SB-N5
SB-N7
AOptional Accessories
Approved Memory Cards
Attaching a Power Connector and AC Adapter
4 Connect the AC adapter
Storage
Cleaning
Caring for the Camera and Battery: Cautions
Do not drop
Keep dry
Keep the lens mount covered
Do not touch the dust shield
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Batteries
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Available Settings
❚❚CAuto, uBest Moment Capture, vAdvanced Movie, and zMotion
Snapshot Modes
t, u
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❚❚t, u, v, w, and wCreative Modes
Defaults
Memory Card Capacity
Slow View, and Smart Photo Selector1
File size
❚❚Easy Panorama
❚❚ Smart Photo Selector1
❚❚HD, Fast-Motion, Jump-Cut,and 4-SecondMovies
❚❚ Slow-MotionMovies
Frame rate (0191)
❚❚ Motion Snapshots
Battery/Display
Shooting (All Modes)
Shooting (t, u, v, and wModes)
Movies
Tap Shooting Options
Playback
Wi-Fi(Wireless Networks)
Miscellaneous
Error Messages
Message
Solution
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Nikon 1 V3 Digital Camera
Media
File system
Shooting modes
Shutter
Speed
Release
• Matrix
Exposure lock
Index)
Active D-Lighting
Focus
Autofocus
Lens servo
• Manual focus (MF)
AF-areamode
Movie
HD movies (aspect ratio 16 : 9)
recording rate
Slow-motionmovies
16 : 9)
Interface
USB
HDMI output
Audio input
Wireless
Dimensions/weight
Weight
Temperature
Humidity
MH-29battery charger
1 NIKKOR VR 10–30mm f/3.5–5.6 PD-ZOOM
Focal length
Construction
Angle of view
Diaphragm
DF-N1000Electronic Viewfinder
Frame coverage
Eyepoint
Eye sensor
GR-N1010Grip
❚❚1 NIKKOR Lenses
1 NIKKOR VR 10–30mm f/3.5–5.6 PD-ZOOM
1 NIKKOR 11–27.5mm f/3.5–5.6
ALens Care
ASupplied Accessories
❚❚The Optional FT1 Mount Adapter
Autofocus
Single-point
Manual Focus
2Focus
AF-S
AF-C
Focus mode
The Electronic Rangefinder
Status
Error Messages and Displays
Problem
Restrictions
Precautions for Use
❚❚Supported Standards
DCF Version
DPOF
Exif version
PictBridge
ATrademark Information
AFreeType License (FreeType2)
AMIT License (HarfBuzz)
Battery Life
Index
Symbols
Numerics