Nikon D700 ❚❚Choose Image Area

❚❚Choose Image Area

Choose the image area used when Off is selected for Auto DX crop (pg. 61).

	Option	Description
		Images are recorded in FX
		format using the full area of the
		image sensor (36.0 × 23.9 mm),
	FX format	producing a picture angle
c (36x24)		equivalent to a Nikkor lens on a
		35 mm format camera. The
		edges of pictures taken with DX
		format lenses will be blacked
		out.
		An area at the center of the
		image sensor 23.5 × 15.6 mm
		(shown by the DX format crop
a	DX format	in the viewfinder) is used to
	(24x16)	record pictures in DX format.
		To calculate the approximate
			DX format
		focal length of the lens in
		35 mm format, multiply by 1.5.	crop

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AThe DX Format Crop

If Auto (the default setting) or On is selected for Custom Setting a6 (AF point illumination), the DX format crop is shown by a frame in the

viewfinder when DX format is active. If Off is selected, the area outside the DX format crop is indicated by a transparent mask.

DX format crop

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