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Taking Photographs—Image Adjustment
Adjusting Contrast: Tone Compensation
As photographs are saved to the memory card, they are processed to adjust
the distribution of tones in the image, en hanc ing con trast. Tone com pen -
sa tion is performed by means of tone curves that defi ne the relationship
be tween the dis tri bu tion of tones in the original image and the compensated
result. The Tone compensation menu controls the type of curve used.
Camera automatically optimizes con trast by selecting the ap-
pro pri ate curve. Curve varies from shot to shot, even in scenes
of same type; to take multiple shots with same curve, choose
different setting. For best results, use a type G or D lens.
Auto
(default)
Camera uses same standard curve for all im ag es. Suit ed to
most scenes, whether dark or bright.
Normal
DescriptionOption
Produces “softer” images. Pre vents highlights on portrait sub-
jects from being “washed out” in direct sunlight.
Less contrast
Choose this curve to preserve de tail in misty land scapes and
other low-contrast subjects.
More contrast
Nikon Capture 4 (available separately) can be used to defi ne a
custom
tone curve and download it to the camera. Choose
Custom to se lect this user-defi ned curve. If no custom curve
has been created, this op tion is equiv a lent to Nor mal.
Custom
2 High light the de sired op tion and press the
multi se lec tor to the right. The shooting menu
will be displayed.
1 Highlight Tone compensation in the shoot-
ing menu ( 168) and press the multi selector
to the right.
A
200
A
A
I
0°
OFF
SHOOTING MENU
White bal.
ISO
Image sharpening
Tone compensation
Color mode
Hue adjustment
Intvl timer shooting
Non-CPU lens data
OK
Auto
Normal
Less contrast
More contrast
Custom
Tone compensation
SHOOTING MENU