Advanced Focusing Screen Display

When the background is bright, the active focus area ( 53) is highlighted in black. When the background is dark, the active focus area is highlighted brieﬂy in red as needed to establish contrast with the background (“Vari-Brite” focus areas), making it easier to identify the selected focus area. The viewﬁnder is also equipped with on-demand grid lines. When On is selected for Custom Setting d2 (Grid display; 158), a reference grid is superim- posed over the display in the viewﬁnder. This grid is a useful aid when composing land- scape shots or when tilting or shifting a PC Nikkor lens.

Owing to the characteristics of this type of viewﬁnder display, you may notice ﬁne lines radiating outwards from the selected focus area, or that the display in the viewﬁnder turns red when the selected focus area is highlighted. These phenomena are normal and do not indicate a malfunction.

The Viewﬁnder Display

The focus-area and grid-line displays in the viewﬁnder (advanced focusing screen display) tend to brighten at high temperatures and to darken and exhibit slower response times at low temperatures. The other displays in the viewﬁnder tend to darken at high tem- peratures and exhibit slower response times at low temperatures. All displays will return to normal at room temperature.

Large-Capacity Memory Cards

When enough memory remains on the memory card to record a thousand or more pictures at current settings, the number of exposures remaining will be shown in thou- sands, rounded down to the nearest hundred (e.g., if there is room for approximately 1,260 exposures, the exposure count display will show 1.2 K).

Camera Oﬀ Display/No Memory Card

If the camera is turned oﬀ with a battery and memory card inserted, the number of exposures remaining will be dis- played in the control panel. If no memory card is inserted,

the control panel will show and a icon will be dis- played in the viewﬁnder.