Nikon D200 User manual

Advanced Digital Imagery System (ADIS)
Nikon D200 Camera Kit
-Checklist and Operations Manual-
V3.0
2/28/2012
Florida Wing, Civil Air Patrol
Charlotte County Composite Squadron, FL051

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1.0 Equipment Pre-Mission Check
Open aluminum camera case and verify the following items available:
Nikon D200 camera
GPS cable A –camera connector to D9 male connector
GPS cable B –D9 female to GPS rectangular connector
Garmin etrex GPS
AMOD Data Logger
Nikon quick charger with spare battery
USB cable
Spare AA batteries
Memory Card (will likely already be installed in the camera)
Camera to GPS cables (A& B) Garmin etrex Nikon Quick Charger
USB Cable AA Batteries Camera Memory Card AMOD Data Logger

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Turn on the Garmin etrex GPS [right side second button from top]
Push Page button until Menu screen appears [top button right side]
At the bottom of the screen there is a battery indicator- it should be grayed in. If not more
than 50% grayed in, replace battery.
Battery is replaced by turning the metal fastener on the back of the unit counter
clockwise 90 degrees and then removing the back cover. Install 2 AA batteries.
When done, push and hold Power button until the unit turns off. [Right side second
button from top]
1.1 Nikon D200 Camera Pre-mission Initiation
Verify that there is a memory card in the camera.
Power Button
Page Button
Battery Indicator
Memory Card –kit includes,
1GB, 4GB and 8 GB cards
Push this button to eject card
Rotate knob to open Memory Card door

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Turn Camera on –See shutter switch on top right of camera
Look at the LCD display on the top-right of the camera. The battery symbol on the right
side of the display should be fully grayed in indicating fully charge batteries. If not fully
charged, remove batteries and charge before the mission. The figure 898 indicates the
number of photos remaining on the camera’s memory card. This number will vary
depending upon camera settings and the number of photos still on the memory card.
Note: a reading of 1.7k means 1700 photos remaining.
Camera Battery Compartment –Push white tab away from battery to release
Erase camera memory
Push Menu button (left back of camera near top of display)
Select Playback Menu using cursor control (to right of display at top)
Select Delete
Push right cursor button
Select All
Select Yes
Push Enter button (lower left of display)
Note: if the memory was erased by the last user, the above steps will not be possible!
On Off
Switch
LCD
Display
Battery
Indicator
+/- Button
Main Command
Dial
Battery Compartment is
located on the bottom of
the camera. Access is
from the rear of the
camera.

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Reset Camera (push QUAL and +/- buttons simultaneously for 4 seconds)
[Qual button is on the top left of the camera and has a green spot on it. +/- button
is on the right top of the camera and has a green spot on it. LCD display on the
top right of the camera will flicker once during the reset process]
Set ISO Sensitivity to 500
Depress the ISO button on the top left of the camera. The LCD display on the top
right will show the current ISO number. Rotate the Main Command Dial which is
on the top right of the back of the camera until the ISO number reads 500.
Confirm the following camera control settings (see next page for photo)
Focus Mode Selector to C (not S or M) [located camera front lower left]
Metering Selector to Matrix [located right side of view finder, point to middle
icon] Note: When taking photos on the ground at a specific object, such as a person, use
center-weighted metering. Point to the top icon.
Focus Selector Lock to L position [ring adjustment around cursor control, to
upper right of display screen]
AF Area Mode Selector to Single Area [located to lower right of displays screen,
bottom position selected]
Cursor Control
Nikon calls it the
Multi-Selector
Menu
Button
Enter
Button
Battery
Box
Qual
Button
ISO
Button

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Look through viewfinder with lens cover on and shutter button depressed half way,
Illuminated fields should show left to right:
A solid circle inside of a rectangular box [spot metering]
Low f3.5 P
ISO 500 [898] [ISO set to 500 and 898 photos remaining]
Remove lens cover and point camera at a bright outside scene –depress shutter button
half way –look into viewfinder
There should be a bold outlined box with a circle in the center at the center
of the view [auto focus set to matrix metering at center of scene]
The left portion of the line of text will show shutter speed and f stop
[For example 250 f8]
While holding shutter button half down, rotate the Main Command Dial
with your thumb [located upper right of camera back]
Until shutter speed gets to 1000 or largest value less than 1000
[f -stop will get smaller for larger speed numbers]
Important –you will have to set the shutter speed to 1000 for each photo
you shoot (or fastest speed less than 1000 that can be set) using the above
procedure!
Confirm Camera Setup by doing the following:
Press Menu button
Select Recent Settings (using cursor)
Image size to Large [L]
Image Quality to FINE [JPEG Fine]. If it is set to Normal or other
than Fine, use the cursor to select and set it to Fine
ISO Sensitivity 500 [you set it to 500 a few steps ago!]
If settings do not agree, then go into the Setup Page and adjust as required.
Spot Metering Selector
Focus Selector Lock
AF Area Mode Selector

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Take a test photo (adjust zoom as appropriate)
Check the photo
Press the push button to the upper left of the display screen [the one with
the right arrow inside of an outlined box] to view the photo. It should look
good.
Delete the photo you just took
Press the button that has a trash can icon on it [camera back upper left]
Press the trash can icon button a second time to do the delete
The display should now show “Folder Contains No Images”
Synchronize the Camera Clock with GPS Time
All times used during an aerial photography mission are to be in Universal Coordinated
Time (UCT) which is also referred to as Zulu time. This is the time at zero longitude.
The Garmin etrex GPS will already be setup to show UCT time unless someone has
changed it to local time. On the east coast of the US, local time is 5 hours earlier than
UCT during winter months and 4 hours earlier during daylight savings time. Therefore,
the time shown on the GPS should be later than local time by either 4 or 5 hours.
The camera will show the time zone as London, Casablanca UTC 0. See next page.
Synchronize the camera and etrex times as follows:
Menu
Button
Cursor
Control
Photo View
Button
Delete Button

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Go to a place with an unobstructed view overhead.
Take the etrex and camera with you. Turn on the etrex
GPS. Push the Page Button several times until the
SkyView page appears. Wait until the status message
“Ready to Navigate” appears.
Push the Page Button several
times until the Main Menu screen appears.
The time will appear at the bottom of the eTrex Main Menu page. Keep this display
active while the camera is set to the same time.
Push the camera menu button. Press the Multi Selector left button and then press the up
and/or down buttons until the “Setup Menu” appears. Press the right button. Press the up
and/or down buttons until “World Time” is highlighted. Press the right button to bring up
the “World Time” screen. Press the up and/or down buttons to highlight “Date and
Time”. Press the right button to bring up the “World Time Date and Time” screen. Use
the right button to scroll through the settings while using the up and down buttons to set
Year, Month and Day and then Hour, Minutes and Seconds. Set the time a minute faster
than etrex time. Look at the etrex screen. Once the minute increases to agree with the
D90, press the D90 OK button. Return to the World Time screen (time is at the bottom)
to check that the etrex and camera are now time-synchronized.
The Camera and GPS are now ready for an aerial photo mission

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Turn the camera off when you are done using it!
[Turn Camera off –See shutter switch on top right of camera]
1.2 AMOD Data Tracker
Install fresh batteries as follows:
1. Remove the back cover
2. Install three AA batteries as shown.
The AMOD Tracker can use either rechargeable or non-
rechargeable batteries. If rechargeable batteries are used, they
must be charged with an external battery charger.
Fresh batteries will provide approximately 15 hours of use.
Power pushbutton
Take the Data Tracker outside to a place with a clear view overhead. Turn the device on
by depressing the power pushbutton for one second. The three status lights will illuminate
briefly then turn off. The green GPS status light will light continuously until a fix is
obtained. The GPS status light will then blink continuously.
GPS acquisition may take several minutes or more.
The amber Battery Power light will blink when the battery has less than 20% capacity
left.
The red Storage light comes on when the memory is full. When that happens, no further
data logging is possible. At this point the log must be downloaded to a computer and the
memory cleared.

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It is recommended that the memory be cleared before each flight but only after the data
logs for previous flights have been downloaded or considered no longer required.
See the following for how to clear the memory.
Clear the memory by holding the Mark button down for 5 seconds. All
three status lights will illuminate sequentially. After all three lights have
blinked in sequence, release the mark button. The track memory should
now be erased.
Mark Button
It is also possible to erase the memory when the device is connected to a
computer via its USB cable. See the AMOD manual for more detail.
Power Button