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              Package Contents
              Where to Find It
XIntroduction                
sBasic Photography and Playback
#P, S, A, and M Modes                
$User Settings: U1 and U2 Modes
              Q&A Index
              Retouching Photographs
Menus and Settings                
Connections
Maintenance and Optional Accessories              
Quick Start Guide
              4Insert a memory card (0 30)
5Turn the camera on                
6Frame the photograph (0 37)
7Focus and shoot (0 37)                
8View the photograph (0 39)
              Menu Options
DPLAYBACK MENU (0 217)                
CSHOOTING MENU (0 224)
              ACUSTOM SETTING MENU (0 229)
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              BSETUP MENU (0 261)
              NRETOUCH MENU (0 273)
OMY MENU (0 291)              
Table of Contents
Introduction              
Basic Photography and Playback
P, S, A, and M Modes                
User Settings: U1 and U2 Modes
Release Mode              
Image Recording Options
Focus                
ISO Sensitivity
Exposure                
White Balance
              Flash Photography
Remote Control Photography                
Other Shooting Options
Live View Photography                
Movie Live View
              Special Effects
More on Playback                
Connections
              Menu Guide
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              Technical Notes
              For Your Safety
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              Notices
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              XIntroduction
Overview              
Getting to Know the Camera
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              The Camera Body (Continued)
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              The Mode Dial
              The Release Mode Dial
              The Control Panel
              The Viewfinder
              The Information Display
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              ❚❚Changing Settings in the Information Display
              The Command Dials
              ❚❚Scene and Special Effect Modes
❚❚Image Quality and Size                
❚❚Autofocus
              ❚❚ISO Sensitivity
❚❚Exposure              
❚❚White Balance
              ❚❚Flash Settings
              The Pbutton
X❚❚ Viewfinder Photography                
❚❚Live View Photography/Movie Recording
❚❚Playback              
Camera Menus
              Using Camera Menus
1 Display the menus                
2Highlight the icon for the current menu
3Select a menu                
4Position the cursor in the selected menu
              5Highlight a menu item
6 Display options                
7Highlight an option
8Select the highlighted item              
First Steps
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              Insert the Battery
OFF                
1Open the battery-chambercover
2Insert the battery                
3Close the battery-chambercover
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              Attach a Lens
1Turn the camera off                
2Remove the rear lens cap
and the camera body cap              
3Attach the lens
A-M                
M/A-M
M/A              
Basic Setup
1Turn the camera on                
2 Choose a language and set the camera
clock            
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              Insert a Memory Card
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              Format the Memory Card
X1 Turn the camera on                
2 Press the O(Q) and Z(Q) buttons
3Press the O(Q) and Z(Q) buttons again              
Adjust Viewfinder Focus
1 Turn the camera on                
2 Focus the viewfinder
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              Battery Level and Card Capacity
              “Point-and-Shoot”Photography (iand jModes)
              3Frame the photograph
4 Press the shutter-releasebutton halfway                
5Check the indicators in the viewfinder
6Shoot            
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              Basic Playback
              Deleting Unwanted Photographs
1Display the photograph                
2 Delete the photograph
              Creative Photography (Scene Modes)
              pChild
nClose Up                
mSports
oNight Portrait              
rNight Landscape
tBeach/Snow                
sParty/Indoor
uSunset              
vDusk/Dawn
xCandlelight                
wPet Portrait
yBlossom              
zAutumn Colors
0Food            
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              #P, S, A, and M Modes
              P: Programmed Auto
              S: Shutter-PriorityAuto
              A: Aperture-PriorityAuto
              M: Manual
              ❚❚Long Time-Exposures(M Mode Only)
1Ready the camera                
Long exposure NR
Delayed remote                
Quick-response
              3 Choose a shutter speed
4Open the shutter                
Bulb
Time                
5Close the shutter
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              $User Settings: U1 and U2 Modes
Saving User Settings                
1 Select a mode
2Adjust settings                
3 Select Save user settings
              Recalling User Settings
Save to U1                
Save to U2
Resetting User Settings                
1 Select Reset user settings
              kRelease Mode
Choosing a Release Mode              
Frame Advance Rate
              Self-TimerMode
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              Mirror up Mode
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              dImage Recording Options
Image Area              
❚❚The Image Area Menu
1 Select Image area in the shooting menu              
❚❚Camera Controls
1 Assign image area selection to a camera control                
2Use the selected control to choose an image area
              Image Quality and Size
              ❚❚JPEG Compression
❚❚NEF (RAW) Recording > Type                
❚❚NEF (RAW) Recording > NEF (RAW) Bit Depth
              Image Size
              Using Two Memory Cards
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              NFocus
Autofocus            
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              AF-AreaMode
Dynamic-area                
9-point
dynamic-area                
21-point
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              Focus Point Selection
1 Rotate the focus selector lock to ●                
2Select the focus point
              Focus Lock
1Focus                
2Lock focus
focus mode                
3Recompose the photograph and shoot
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              Manual Focus
              SISO Sensitivity
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              Auto ISO Sensitivity Control (P, S, A, and M Modes Only)
Select ISO sensitivity settings in the                
Auto ISO
sensitivity control and press                
2Select On
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              ZExposure
Metering              
Autoexposure Lock
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              Exposure Compensation
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              White Balance
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              Fine-TuningWhite Balance
              3Press J
❚❚The L(U) Button            
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              Choosing a Color Temperature
              Preset Manual
              3Select a preset
4 Select direct measurement mode                
5Measure white balance
              6Check the results
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❚❚Measuring White Balance During Live View (Spot White Balance)
1 Press the abutton                
2Set white balance to L(Preset manual)
r3 Select a preset              
5Position the target over a white or grey area
6Measure white balance                
Monitor off delay
Live view              
❚❚Copying White Balance from a Photograph
1 Select L(Preset manual) for White balance in the shooting menu                
White balance
2 Select a destination                
3Choose Select image
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              ❚❚Entering a Comment
1Select L(Preset manual)                
2 Select a preset
3Select Edit comment                
Edit comment
              ❚❚Protecting a White Balance Preset
Fine-tune                
3Select Protect
Protect                
4Select On
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              JImage Enhancement
Picture Controls            
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              Modifying Picture Controls
Quick adjust                
1Select a Picture Control
              ❚❚Picture Control Settings
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              Creating Custom Picture Controls
1 Select Manage Picture Control in the                
shooting menu
Manage Picture Control                
2Select Save/edit
              6Name the Picture Control
7 Press X(T)              
Sharing Custom Picture Controls
Copy to camera              
Preserving Detail in Highlights and Shadows
              1 Select Active D-Lightingin the
Active                
D-Lighting
2Choose an option                
Highlight YAuto, ZExtra high
              High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Select HDR (high dynamic range)                
Highlight HDR (high dynamic range) in
Select a mode                
HDR mode
              3Choose the HDR strength
4Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot                
On (series)
On (single photo)            
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              lFlash Photography
Using the Built-inFlash              
Flash Mode
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              Flash Compensation
              FV Lock
              5Recompose the photograph
6Take the photograph                
7Release FV lock
              Using an Optional ML-L3Remote
Control              
4Take the photograph
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              Wireless Remote Controllers
              tOther Shooting Options
Two-ButtonReset: Restoring Default Settings            
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              Bracketing
              3Select a bracketing increment
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              ❚❚White Balance Bracketing
1Select white balance bracketing                
WB bracketing
              3Select a white balance increment
              ❚❚ADL Bracketing
1Select ADL bracketing              
3Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot
              Multiple Exposure
              2Select a mode
Highlight Multiple exposure mode and press                
• To take a series of multiple exposures, select
Multiple exposure mode                
•To take one multiple exposure, select On
              4Choose the amount of gain
Auto gain                
5Frame a photograph, focus, and shoot
On (single                
photo)
              ❚❚Interrupting Multiple Exposures
              Interval Timer Photography
              4Choose the number of intervals and
number of shots per interval                
5Start shooting
Choose start time            
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              ❚❚Pausing Interval Timer Photography
Pause                
1Choose a new starting time
2Resume shooting                
Restart
              Non-CPULenses
              1 Select Non-CPUlens data
Non-CPU                
lens data
2Choose a lens number                
Lens number
              1Assign non-CPUlens number selection to a camera control
Choose                
non-CPU
lens number                
Assign preview button
              Using a GPS Unit
              xLive View Photography
              5Take the picture
6 Exit live view mode              
Focusing in Live View
❚❚Choosing a Focus Mode              
❚❚Choosing an AF-AreaMode
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              The Live View Display: Live View Photography
              The Information Display: Live View Photography
Manual Focus            
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              yMovie Live View
              5 Focus
6Start recording              
7 End recording
8 Exit live view mode            
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              The Live View Display: Movie Live View
              The Information Display: Movie Live View
              Image Area
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              Movie Settings
•Frame size/frame rate, Movie quality: Choose from the following options:                
Destination
              1 Select Movie settings
2Choose movie options              
Viewing Movies
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              Editing Movies
              4Select Choose start/end point
Highlight Choose start/end point and press                
5 Delete frames
6Save the copy                
Save as new file
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              Saving Selected Frames
1View the movie and choose a frame                
2 Display movie edit options
3Choose Save selected frame                
Save selected frame
              %Special Effects
Shooting with Special Effects              
%Night Vision
gColor Sketch                
iMiniature Effect
              uSelective Color
1Silhouette                
2High Key
3Low Key              
Options Available in Live View
❚❚ gColor Sketch                
2Adjust options
Vividness                
Outlines
              ❚❚ iMiniature Effect
2Position the focus point                
3Display options
4Adjust options                
5Return to the live view display
              ❚❚uSelective Color
2Display options                
3 Select a color.Selected color
4 Choose the color range                
5 Select additional colors
              6Return to the live view display
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              IMore on Playback
Full-FramePlayback            
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              Photo Information
❚❚File Information              
❚❚Highlights
❚❚RGB Histogram            
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              ❚❚Shooting Data
              ❚❚ GPS Data
              ❚❚Overview Data
              Thumbnail Playback
              Calendar Playback
              Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom
              Protecting Photographs from Deletion
              Deleting Photographs
              The Playback Menu
❚❚ Selected: Deleting Selected Photographs                
1 Choose Selected for the Delete option in the playback menu
Selected                
2Highlight a picture
              4Press Jto complete the operation
❚❚Select Date: Deleting Photographs Taken on a Selected Date                
1Choose Select date
2Highlight a date                
3Select the highlighted date
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              QConnections
Installing ViewNX              
4Exit the installer
5Remove the installer CD from the CD-ROMdrive              
Using ViewNX
3Click Start Transfer                
4Terminate the connection
              View Pictures
❚❚Retouching Photographs                
❚❚Editing Movies
Movie Editor                
❚❚Printing Pictures
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              Ethernet and Wireless Networks
Network                
Options
Firmware version                
❚❚Available Modes
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              Printing Photographs
              Printing Pictures One at a Time
1Select a picture                
2Display printing options
3Adjust printing options                
4 Start printing
              Printing Multiple Pictures
1 Display the PictBridge menu                
Print select
Print (DPOF)                
DPOF print order
              3Select pictures or choose a date
              4Display printing options
5Adjust printing options                
6Start printing
              Creating a DPOF Print Order: Print Set
1 Choose Select/set for the DPOF print order item in the playback menu                
DPOF print
order                
Deselect all?)
              4Select imprint options
Print date                
5Complete the print order
              Viewing Photographs on TV
              ❚❚HDMI Options
HDMI                
Output Resolution
Device Control              
MMenu Guide
Playback Folder              
Hide Image
              Playback Display Options
Copy Image(s)              
3Choose Select image(s)
Select image(s)                
4Select the source folder
5Make the initial selection                
Select all images
              8Select a destination folder
Select folder from list                
9Copy the images
Copy image(s)              
Image Review
After Delete                
Rotate Tall
              Slide Show
              CThe Shooting Menu: Shooting Options
Reset Shooting Menu              
Storage Folder
              File Naming
              Color Space
Auto Distortion Control              
Long Exposure NR
High ISO NR              
ACustom Settings:
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Reset Custom Settings              
a: Autofocus
a1: AF-CPriority Selection                
a2: AF-SPriority Selection
              a3: Focus Tracking with Lock-On Gbutton ➜ ACustom Settings menu
a4: AF Point Illumination                
a5: Focus Point Wrap-Around
              a6: Number of Focus Points
a7: Built-in AF-assistIlluminator              
b: Metering/Exposure
b1: ISO Sensitivity Step Value                
b2: EV Steps for Exposure Cntrl
              b3: Easy Exposure Compensation Gbutton ➜ ACustom Settings menu
b4: Center-WeightedArea                
b5: Fine-tuneOptimal Exposure
              c: Timers/AE Lock
c1: Shutter-ReleaseButton AE-L              
c2: Standby timer
c3: Self-Timer                
c4: Monitor off Delay
c5: Remote on Duration (ML-L3) Gbutton ➜ ACustom Settings menu              
d: Shooting/Display
d1: Beep              
d2: Viewfinder Grid Display
d3: ISO Display and Adjustment                
d4: Screen Tips
d5: CL Mode Shooting Speed              
d6: Max. Continuous Release
d7: File Number Sequence              
d8: Information Display
d9: LCD Illumination                
d10: Exposure Delay Mode
d11: Flash Warning              
d12: MB-D15Battery Type
              d13: Battery Order
              e: Bracketing/Flash
e1: Flash Sync Speed              
e2: Flash Shutter Speed
              e3: Flash Cntrl for Built-inFlash
              ❚❚Commander Mode
              1Adjust settings for the built-inflash
2Adjust settings for group A                
3Adjust settings for group B
4Select the channel              
6Compose the shot
7Configure the remote flash units                
8Raise the built-inflash
Built-in                
flash
              e4: Exposure Comp. for Flash
              e5: Modeling Flash
e6: Auto Bracketing Set                
e7: Bracketing Order
              f: Controls
f1: OK Button              
f2: Assign Fn Button
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              f3: Assign Preview Button
              f4: Assign AE-L/AF-LButton
              f5: Customize Command Dials
              f6: Release Button to Use Dial
f7: Slot Empty Release Lock                
f8: Reverse Indicators
f9: Assign MB-D154Button              
g: Movie
g1: Assign Fn Button              
g2: Assign Preview Button
g3: Assign AE-L/AF-LButton                
g4: Assign Shutter Button
              BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
              Format Memory Card
Monitor Brightness              
Image Dust Off Ref Photo
              Flicker Reduction
              Time Zone and Date
Language                
Auto Image Rotation
              Battery Info
Image Comment              
Copyright Information
              Save/Load Settings
              Virtual Horizon
              AF Fine-tune
              Wireless Mobile Adapter
              Eye-FiUpload
Firmware Version              
NThe Retouch Menu:
              Creating Retouched Copies
1Select an item in the retouch menu                
2Select a picture
3Select retouch options                
4 Create a retouched copy
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              D-Lighting
Red-EyeCorrection              
Trim
Monochrome              
Filter Effects
              Color Balance
              Image Overlay
              4Adjust gain
5Preview the overlay                
6Save the overlay
              NEF (RAW) Processing
              Resize
              Quick Retouch
              Straighten
Distortion Control                
Fisheye
              Color Outline
Color Sketch                
Perspective Control
              Miniature Effect
              Selective Color
              5 Choose the color range
Select additional colors                
7Save the edited copy
              Side-by-sideComparison
              OMy Menu/mRecent Settings
              5Add more items
❚❚Deleting Options from My Menu                
1Select Remove items
Remove items                
2Select items
              ❚❚Reordering Options in My Menu
1 Select Rank items                
Rank items
2Select an item                
3Position the item
              Recent Settings
Recent settings                
OMy Menu
Choose tab                
1Select Choose tab
              nTechnical Notes
Compatible Lenses            
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              Optional Flash Units (Speedlights)
              The Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)
❚❚CLS-CompatibleFlash Units                
•The SB-910, SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600, SB-400,and SB-R200:
SU-800            
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              ❚❚Other Flash Units
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              Other Accessories
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              Attaching a Power Connector and AC Adapter
1 Ready the camera                
2Insert the EP-5Bpower connector
3 Close the battery-chambercover                
4Connect the AC adapter
              Caring for the Camera
              Image Sensor Cleaning
Clean image sensor                
Clean now
❚❚“Clean Now”                
1 Select Clean image sensor in the setup menu
              ❚❚“Clean at Startup/Shutdown”
1Select Clean at startup/shutdown                
2Select an option
              ❚❚Manual Cleaning
1Charge the battery or connect an AC adapter                
Lock mirror up for cleaning
2Remove the lens                
3 Select Lock mirror up for cleaning
              6 Examine the image sensor
7 Clean the sensor                
8Turn the camera off
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              Caring for the Camera and Battery: Cautions
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              Available Settings
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              Defaults
              ❚❚Custom Settings Menu Defaults
              ❚❚Setup Menu Defaults
              Exposure Program (Mode P)
              Troubleshooting
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              Shooting (P, S, A, M)
Playback              
Miscellaneous
              Error Messages
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              Specifications
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              ❚❚MH-25Battery Charger
❚❚EN-EL15Rechargeable Li-ionBattery              
❚❚AF-SDX NIKKOR 18–105mm f/3.5–5.6GED VR Lens
              ❚❚Vibration Reduction (VR)
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              ❚❚Supported Standards
DCF Version                
DPOF
Exif version                
PictBridge
              Approved Memory Cards
              Memory Card Capacity
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              Battery Life
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              Index