Nikon 4300 manual CF Card Format Confirming Shutter Release Shot Confirm Lamp

CF Card Format

Confirming Shutter Release: Shot Confirm Lamp

The memory card provided with your camera is formatted at shipment. If you purchase additional memory cards for added storage, you will however need to format the cards before first use to ensure that they work properly in your camera. Formatting memory cards is also an effective way of deleting all pictures on the card.

CF CARD FORMAT

WARNING ! All images will be deleted !

No

Format

SELECT SET

If On is selected for this option, the red-eye reduction lamp will light to confirm that the shutter has been released. The red-eye reduction lamp will not light if the flash has fired.

SHOT CONFIRM LAMP

Controls

Shot Confirm Lam	Off
Pic Data/Transfer	On
Date
Interface
Language
Reset All
SELECT	SET

Storing Camera Settings: Controls

Photo Information and Transfer Setting: Pic Data/Transfer

In å mode, the first three items in the	CONTROLS
“Controls” menu determine what camera settings	Save
remain in effect when the camera is turned off. If	Save
	Save
an item is checked, the setting in effect at the
	Digital Zoom
time the camera was turned off will be restored	Done
the next time the camera is turned on. Any items	BK SELECT SET
that are not checked will be restored to default settings when the

The “Pic Data/Transfer” sub-menu contains options for storing information about the camera status at the time when the picture was taken as a text file and for turning on/off the transfer mark associated with pictures and movies as they are taken.

PIC DATA/TRANSFER

Controls
Shot Confirm Lam
Pic Data/Transfer
Date	info. txt
Interface	Auto Transfer
Language
Reset All

SELECT SET

Menu Guide—

camera is turned on.

Option	Setting Affected	Default
3	Flash mode	Auto
2	Focus mode	Autofocus
!	Exposure compensation	±0.0
Digital Zoom	Digital zoom	On

The fourth item, Digital Zoom, is used to turn digital zoom on and off in a, SCENE and å mode. If it is checked, digital zoom functions normally (p. 46). If this item is not checked, digital zoom cannot be used, and pressing the T zoom button at the maximum optical-zoom position has no effect.

To check an item, or remove the checked mark from an item that has been already been checked, highlight the item and press > on the Multi selector. Highlight Done and press > on the Multi selector to put the changes into effect.

Recording Photo Information: info. txt
While On is selected in the info.txt menu, the following
	PIC DATA/TRANSFER
information about each image recorded is stored in an
	Controls
independent text file (“info.txt”):	Shot Confirm Lam
	Pic Data/Transfer

• File number and type	Date	info. txt	Off
• Camera type and firmware version	Interface	Auto Transfer	On
	Language
• Metering method
	Reset All	SELECT	SET
• Exposure mode
• Shutter speed	• White balance
• Aperture	• Sharpening
• Exposure compensation	• Date of recording
• Focal length and digital zoom	• Image size and quality
• Image adjustment	• Focus area
• Sensitivity (ISO equivalency)

The info.txt file is stored in the same folder as the image. When the contents of the memory card are viewed from a computer, this file can be read with a text browser such as Notepad or SimpleText. Images are listed in the order recorded, separated by a blank line.

The Set-Up Menu

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