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Basic Camera Settings: The Setup Menu

Dust off Ref Photo (Displayed When Full Is Selected; A 118)

Acquire reference data for the Image Dust Off option in Capture NX (available separately; A 156). Image Dust Off is used to reduce the effects of dust in NEF (RAW) photographs. For more information, see the documentation provided with Capture NX.

Dust off ref photo

Start

Clean sensor, then start

Acquiring Image Dust Off Reference Data

1Highlight Start or Clean sensor, then start and press

Q.

When acquiring image dust off reference data after photographs have been taken, select Start. The message shown at right will be displayed.

When taking photographs after acquiring image dust off reference data, select Clean sensor, then start. The message shown at right will be displayed after the image sensor is cleaned (A 160).

“ref” will appear in the viewfinder.

Press Oto exit without acquiring image dust off reference data.

Dust off ref photo

Take photo of bright featureless white object 10 cm from lens.

Focus will be set to infinity.

2With the lens ten centimeters (four inches) from a well- lit, featureless white object, frame the object so that it fills the viewfinder and then press the shutter-release button halfway.

In autofocus mode, focus will automatically be set to infinity; in manual focus mode, set focus to infinity manually.

3Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to acquire image dust off reference data.

The monitor turns off when the shutter-release button is pressed.

If the reference object is too bright or too dark, the camera may be unable to acquire image dust off reference data and the message shown at right will be displayed. Choose another reference object and repeat the process from step 1.

Dust off ref photo

Take photo of bright Exposure settings are featureless white object not appropriate.

10 cm from lens. Change exposure Focus will be set settings and try again. to infinity.

Menu Guide

BNotes on Image Sensor Cleaning

If photographs that will be processed with Image Dust Off have already been recorded, DO NOT clean the image sensor before acquiring image dust off reference data. If the image sensor is cleaned after photographs are taken, but before image dust reference data are acquired, Image Dust Off will be unable to locate dust and remove its effects. This camera automatically cleans the image sensor when the camera is turned on and off (default setting). Selecting Cleaning off for Clean image sensor>Clean at (A 161) in the setup menu is recommended when acquiring image dust off reference data.

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