Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom

During full-frame playback ( 37), the ( ) button can be used to zoom in on pictures to a maximum of 10×. The following operations can be performed while pictures are zoomed in:

 

 

:SCROLL

:ZOOM

To

Press

 

 

Zoom in

(

)

—

Zoom out

(

)

—

View other areas of picture

 

 

—

Delete picture

 

 

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View playback menu

MENU

 

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Exit to full-frame playback

 

 

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Create cropped copy (see below)

Shutter-release button

—

Exit to shooting mode

 

 

—

Viewing

Creating a Cropped Copy

If a icon is displayed in the monitor during playback zoom, the portion of the picture currently visible in the monitor can be saved to a separate file. Pressing the shutter-release button displays the dialog shown at right; highlight Yes and press the center of the multi selector to create a new picture containing only the area visible in the monitor.

Save this image as displayed?

No

OK Confirm

Yes

Camera the on Pictures

•Depending on the size of the original and the zoom ratio at the time the copy was

created, copies will be 2272 × 1704, 2048 × 1536, 1600 × 1200, 1280 × 860, 1024 × 768, 640 × 480, 320 × 240, or 160 × 120 pixels in size.

•Cropped pictures are stored in JPEG format (compression ratio 1:8) as separate pic- tures from the original pictures.

Cropped Copies

Cropped copies may not display or transfer correctly when viewed on other models of Nikon camera. See the Appendix for more information on cropped copies ( 92).

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