Nikon 4 user manual 132, Camera Menu, Custom Settings…, Set Date and Time…, Edit Camera Curves…

The Camera Control Window

The Camera Menu

The commands in the Camera menu are used to adjust the following camera settings:

Custom Settings…

Selecting this option opens the Custom Settings dialog ( 135), where camera Custom Set- tings can be adjusted.

Set Date and Time…

Selecting this option opens the dialog shown at right, where you can set the camera’s clock calendar to the current date and time. To view the current time and date settings, click Use Current Date/Time. Click Set to set the clock calendar to the time and date shown.

Edit Camera Curves…

This option is used to create a custom tone compensation curve and download it to the cam- era, where it applies when “Custom” is selected for the camera tone compensation option.

The controls in the Edit Camera Curves window are identical to those in the Curves window, except in the following respects: (1) only the master channel, not individual RGB channels, may be edited; (2) there is a limit of 20 spline points; (3) the midpoint may not be edited; (4) a user-defined sample image can be selected by clicking Sample Image… (the sample image must be a RAW image created with a D2-series, D1-series, D200, D100, D70s, D70, or D50 camera). Any changes to curves are reflected in the sample image. To copy the edited curve to the camera, click OK.

The upper left section of the Edit Camera Curves window contains Load… and Save… buttons. By clicking the Load… button, previously stored curves, with less than 20 spline points, can be selected via the “Open” dialog (if the selected file has more than 20 spline points, a warning will be displayed, and no file will be loaded). Look for files with the “.ntc” extension.

The Save… button opens the “Save As” dialog, where you can save the current curve.

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