Nikon D70 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
Digital Camera
Read this guide for a basic introduction to taking
pictures with your D70 in (auto) mode using
default “point-and-shoot” settings.
The reverse side provides instructions for installing
Nikon View and transferring pictures to your
computer.
Complete information on using your Nikon digital
camera can be found in the Nikon Guide to Digital
Photography with the D70 or the Nikon View
Reference Manual (on CD).
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To Users of Digital Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses: Foreign Matter on the Low-Pass Filter
Nikon takes every possible precaution to prevent foreign matter from coming into contact with the low-pass filter during production
and shipping. The D70, however, is designed to be used with interchangeable lenses, and foreign matter may enter the camera
when lenses are removed or exchanged. Once inside the camera, this foreign matter may adhere to the low-pass filter, where it
may appear in photographs taken under certain conditions. To prevent foreign matter from entering the camera, do not exchange
lenses in dusty environments. To protect the camera when no lens is in place, be sure to replace the body cap provided with the
camera, being careful to first remove all dust and other foreign matter that may be adhering to the body cap.
Should foreign matter find its way onto the low-pass filter, clean the low-pass filter as instructed on pages 194–195 of the Guide
to Digital Photography, or have the low-pass filter cleaned by authorized Nikon service personnel. Photographs affected by the
presence of foreign matter on the low-pass filter can be retouched using Nikon Capture 4 version 4.1 or later (available separately)
or the clean image options available in some third-party imaging software.
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Unpack the camera
Be sure all items listed here were included with your camera.
NOTE: Memory cards are sold separately.
CHARGE
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DK-5
eyepiece cap
BM-4 LCD monitor cover
(attached to camera)
Body cap
(attached to camera)
DK-16 Viewfinder
eyepiece cup
(attached to camera)
Li-ionBATTERYPACK
Rechargeable EN-EL3 Li-ion Battery
with terminal cover
(instruction manual included)
MH-18 quick charger
with power cable
(instruction manual included)
AN-D70
camera strap
MS-D70 holder for
CR2 batteries
Nikon View
CD-ROM
Nikon View
Reference Manual CD-ROM
EG-D100 video cable UC-E4 USB cable
Parts of the Camera
Sub-command
dial
Power switch
Shutter-release button
LCD illuminator ( ) button
Format ( ) button
Control panel
Mode dial
Memory card
slot cover
Memory card slot
cover latch
Main command dial
Diopter adjustment
control
Shooting mode ( ) button
Format ( ) button
Playback ( ) button
Delete ( ) button
Sensitivity (ISO) button /
Thumbnail ( ) button
Viewfinder eyepiece
Menu ( ) button
Multi selector
Memory card access lamp
Monitor
Image quality/size (QUAL)
button /
Playback zoom ( ) button /
Enter ( ) button
Focus-mode
selector
Battery-chamber
cover latch
Battery-chamber
cover
1Attach the camera strap
Attach the camera strap as shown. Repeat for the second eyelet.
4Choose a language and set the clock
The first time the camera is turned on, a language-selection dialog will be displayed. Choose a language and set
the time and date. For details, see the Guide to Digital Photography, page 16.
No operations can be performed until a language has been selected and the clock has been set.
If you exit the menus without pressing the button, the language-selection dialog will be dis-
played the next time the camera is turned on.
3
Display DATE menu.
Date
Set
YMD
HM S
2004 01 01
00 0000
OK
2
Select language.
Language
Fr
Español
Français
Es
EnglishEn
DeutschDe
OK
Edit Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, and Second. Press
multi selector left or right to select item, up or down to
change. Press the button when setup is complete.
4
YMD
HM S
2004 01 07
45 4613
Date
Set OK
Language selection dialog displayed.
1Language
Fr
Español
Français
Es
EnglishEn
DeutschDe
OK
1Turn the camera off.
2Press the card-slot cover latch (햲) and open the cover (햳).
3Insert the memory card (available separately) with the rear
label toward the monitor. When the memory card is fully
inserted (햴), the access lamp (green) will light briefly and
the eject button will pop up (햵).
4Close the card slot cover.
The memory card slot slopes slightly toward the
monitor. Match the angle of the memory card slot
when inserting memory cards.
6Insert a memory card
햳
Top view
햲
햴
Memory card
slot cover latch
햵
Rear label
Eject button
Note that formatting memory cards permanently deletes any
data they may contain.
1Turn the camera on.
2Hold the ( and ) buttons down simultaneously
for approximately two seconds. A blinking will ap-
pear in the shutter-speed display and the number of expo-
sures remaining will blink.
3Push the ( and ) buttons again to format the
card. During formatting, the letters will be appear
in the frame-count display. When formatting is complete,
the frame-count display will show the number of exposures
remaining.
7Format the memory card
Number of exposures
remaining
Viewfinder
Mounting
marks 1Turn the camera off.
2Keeping the mounting marks aligned as shown left, position
the lens in the camera’s bayonet mount. Being careful not to
press the lens-release button, rotate the lens counterclock-
wise until it clicks into place.
3Lock aperture at the minimum setting (highest f/-number).
This step is not required with type G lenses.
To take full advantage of the features offered by
the D70, use a type G or D CPU Nikkor lens.
5Attach a lens
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CHARGE lamp
1Connect the AC adapter plug to the battery charger (햲).
2Plug the wall plug into a power outlet.
3With the arrow on top of the battery toward the CHARGE
lamp, place the EN-EL3 in the battery bay, matching the bat-
tery indentations with the charger projections, and slide it
towards the CHARGE lamp (햳).
4 Slide the EN-EL3 toward the CHARGE lamp until you hear it
click into place (햴) . The lamp will start to blink orange, indi-
cating that charging has begun. Charging is complete when
the lamp glows steadily.
An exhausted battery will take approximately two
hours to recharge.
For details, see the documentation provided with
your battery and charger.
2Charge the battery
Charge the EN-EL3 battery using the MH-18 quick charger provided with your camera.
햲
햳
햴
1Turn the camera off.
2Slide the battery-chamber cover latch to the position and open the battery-chamber cover (햲). Slide the
EN-EL3 battery into the battery chamber as shown (햳).
3Close the battery-chamber cover (햴).
3Insert the battery
Battery-chamber
cover latch
Insert battery fully and close
battery-chamber cover
햲
Li-ionBATTERYPACK
햴
햳
Rotate the mode dial to (auto). In this automatic, “point-
and-shoot” mode, the majority of settings are controlled by
the camera in response to shooting conditions.
For more information on the mode dial, see page 10 of the
Guide to Digital Photography.
1Select mode
To adjust viewfinder focus, slide the diopter adjustment con-
trol up and down until the focus area in the viewfinder are
in sharp focus.
If necessary, you can remove the rubber viewfinder eyepiece
cup when adjusting diopter; when replacing the cup, the let-
tered face should be down.
When operating the diopter control with your eye
to the viewfinder, care should be taken to avoid
accidentally putting your fingers or fingernails in
your eye.
7Adjust viewfinder focus
In autofocus mode, the camera focuses automatically when
the shutter-release button is pressed halfway. Rotate the fo-
cus mode selector until it clicks into place pointing to AF.
For more information on focus, see page 64 of the Guide to
Digital Photography.
6Rotate the focus-mode selector to AF (autofocus)
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After making sure that the monitor is off, press the QUAL
button and rotate the sub-command dial until L (Large) is
displayed in the control panel.
For more information on image size, see page 43 of the
Guide to Digital Photography.
The number of photos that can be recorded de-
pends on the capacity of the memory card.
5Set image size to L (Large)
The D70 offers a choice of five shooting modes: single-frame,
continuous, self-timer, delayed remote, and quick-response
remote. To select single-frame mode, press the button
and rotate the main command dial until appears in the
control panel. In this mode, one picture will be taken each
time the shutter-release button is fully pressed.
For more information on shooting modes, see page 62 of the
Guide to Digital Photography.
2Set the shooting mode to (single-frame photography)
Frame the photograph and press the shutter-release button
halfway (햲). The camera will automatically select the focus
area containing the subject closest to the camera. Once the
camera has focused on this subject, the active focus area will
be highlighted, a beep will sound, and the in-focus indicator
(●) will appear in the viewfinder (햳). If the subject is dark or
backlit, the built-in Speedlight will pop up automatically, and
fire when the photograph is taken. Smoothly press the shut-
ter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot (햴).
While the photograph is being recorded to the memory card,
the card access lamp next to the memory card slot will light
(햵).
Do not turn the camera off or remove the memory
card until the lamp has gone out.
8Frame your photograph and shoot
햲햳
햴
Memory card access lamp
햵
Sensitivity (the digital equivalent of film speed) can be set to
values between 200 and 1600 (ISO equivalent) in steps of
1
/3EV. After making sure that the monitor is off, press the
ISO button and rotate the main command dial until 200 is
displayed in the control panel.
For more information on sensitivity, see page 46 of the Guide
to Digital Photography.
3Set sensitivity (ISO equivalency) to ISO 200 equivalent
After making sure that the monitor is off, press the QUAL
button and rotate the main command dial until NORM (JPEG
Normal) is displayed in the control panel.
For more information on image quality, see page 41 of the
Guide to Digital Photography.
The number of photos that can be recorded de-
pends on the capacity of the memory card.
4Set image quality to NORM (JPEG Normal)
Control panel
Control panel
Control panel
Control panel
Control panel
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Viewing photographs
Photographs are displayed in the monitor during recording and when the button is pressed.
To view additional photographs, press the multi selector up or
down. Press the multi selector down to view photographs in the
order recorded, up to view photographs in reverse order. Pressing
the multi selector down when the last photograph on the memory
card is displayed returns you to the first photograph. When the
first photograph in memory is displayed, the last photograph can
be viewed by pressing the multi selector up. Keep the multi selec-
tor pressed to scroll rapidly through the photographs.
To turn the monitor off and return to shooting mode, press the
button or press the shutter-release button halfway. The monitor
will turn off automatically if no operations are performed for 20s
(default setting).
Photographs taken in “tall” (portrait) orientation will be displayed
in portrait orientation in the monitor.
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To view four or nine photographs at a time, press the button. See page 118 of the Guide
to Digital Photography for details.
Thumbnail playback
Zooming in for a closer look
Press the ( ) button to zoom in on the image displayed in single-image playback or on the image currently high-
lighted in thumbnail playback. Press the button again to cancel zoom.
1If no image is displayed in the monitor, press the button.
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4Press to cancel zoom.
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3You can also zoom the image in or out using the button.
When the button is pressed, the area of the image currently
displayed will be framed in a navigation window at the bottom
right corner of the monitor. Press the button and rotate the
main command dial to change the size of the frame, or press
the button and use the multi selector to move the frame to
a new part of the image. The selected area will be displayed in
the monitor when the button is released.
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Deleting photographs
To delete a photograph displayed in single-image playback, or the photograph highlighted in thumbnail playback, press
the button. Once deleted, photographs can not be recovered.
1Press the multi selector up or down to display the photo you
want to delete.
2Press the button.
3A confirmation dialog will be displayed. Press the button
again to delete the image and return to playback. Press any
other button to exit without deleting the photograph.
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Delete?
Yes
• Photographs are automatically displayed
while being recorded to memory card.
• Press button at any time to display most
recent photograph.
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+2Press the ( ) button to zoom in on the image displayed in
single-image playback or on the image currently highlighted in
thumbnail playback.
Use the multi selector to view areas of the image not visible in
the monitor.
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Viewing Pictures on a Computer
Supported Operating Systems: Windows
(pre-installed versions only)
•Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional
•Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
•Windows 2000 Professional
•Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Macintosh •Mac OS X (10.1.2 or later) •Mac OS 9.0–9.2
Mac OS X (Version 10.2 or later)
Before connecting the camera, select
Applications from the Finder Go
menu and double- click the Image
Capture icon. The Image Capture
dialog will be displayed. Select Prefer-
ences… from the Image Capture menu to display the Image Capture Preferences
dialog. In the “Camera Preferences” area, select No application from the “When
a camera is connected, open” menu.
Select No application
Windows Macintosh
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Nikon View
Nikon View is made up of four components: Nikon Transfer, Nikon Browser,
Nikon Viewer, and Nikon Editor. More information on Nikon View can be found
using on- line help or by reading the Nikon View Reference Manual included on
the reference CD-ROM provided with your camera.
HTML output
Find pictures
Slide shows
Print
E-mail
Nikon Transfer is used to transfer
(copy) to your computer the pic-
tures stored on the camera memory
card. Nikon Browser
Nikon Browser lists the pictures
on your computer as thumbnail
images (appearance of Nikon
Browser window may differ
slightly in some areas).
Nikon Editor
Use Nikon Editor to
edit your pictures.
Use Nikon Viewer to
inspect your pictures
in detail.
Nikon Viewer
* Illustrations are for Windows XP.
Pictures taken with your
Nikon digital camera
When you connect the camera,
Nikon Transfer will start auto -
matically.
You can now turn the camera off and disconnect the USB cable.
Mac OS X
Drag the “NIKON_D70” camera volume into the
Trash .
Mac OS 9
Drag the “NIKON D70” camera volume into the
Trash .
Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
In My Computer, click with the right mouse button
on the removable disk corresponding to the camera
and select Eject from the menu that appears.
Once your pictures are displayed in Nikon Browser, transfer is complete and you
can remove the camera from the system.
Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional
Click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon ( ) in
the taskbar and select Safely remove USB Mass
Storage Device from the menu that appears.
Windows 2000 Professional
Click the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” icon ( )
in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage
Device from the menu that appears.
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Click the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” icon ( )
in the taskbar and select Stop USB Disk from the
menu that appears.
5
Macintosh
The default destination folder for transferred
pictures is the Pictures folder (Mac OS X) or
the Documents folder (Mac OS 9). Pictures
will have file names of the form “Imgnnnn”,
where “nnnn” is a four-digit number as-
signed automatically in ascending order by
Nikon View, starting from 0001.
Once transfer is complete, your pictures will be displayed in the Nikon Browser
component of Nikon View.
4
Click the button in the Nikon Transfer window. All pictures on the memory
card will be transferred to your computer.
3
Macintosh
The Nikon Browser component of Nikon View will start, followed by Nikon
Trans fer. The camera monitor will remain blank.
See “Troubleshooting” in the Nikon View Reference Manual for
information on what to do if Nikon Transfer fails to start automatically.
Tur n the camera on.
Windows
The camera will automatically be recognized and registered as a new device.
Once the camera has been registered, the Nikon Transfer component of Nikon
View will be displayed in the computer monitor. The camera monitor will remain
blank.
AutoPlay (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional)
When you turn the camera on, the dialog
shown at right will be displayed. Select Copy
pictures to a folder on my computer using
Nikon View 6 and click OK to start Nikon
View. To bypass this dialog in the future,
check Always do the selected action.
2
Tur n the camera off. Connect the camera to your computer as shown in the
illustration, using the USB cable provided.
1
USB Hub
The camera may not function as expected when connected via a USB hub or keyboard.
Use a Reliable Power Source
When transferring pictures between the camera and the computer, use a
fully- charged EN - EL3 battery. If in doubt, charge the battery before beginning
transfer or use an EH-5 AC adapter (available separately). Do not, under any
circumstances, use another make or model of AC adapter.
Step2 Transfer pictures
Click Restart to restart your computer.
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Tur n the computer on and wait for it to start up.
1
Enter your administrator name and password and
click OK (Mac OS X only).
4
Click Install to begin installation of the following
software:
• Nikon View
• QuickTime 5 (Mac OS 9 only)
3
Macintosh
If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed after the computer restarts,
click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer CD-
ROM from the CD- ROM drive.
After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD-ROM from the
CD-ROM drive.
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Click Yes to restart your computer.
10
Click Finish to exit the Nikon View installer.
9
Click Yes to create a shortcut to Nikon View on
the desktop, No to proceed without creating a
desktop shortcut.
8
Click Yes to create the destination folder.
7
The destination folder for Nikon View will be dis-
played under “Destination Folder”. Click Next to
install Nikon View to this folder, or click Browse
to select another destination.
6
The Nikon View setup program will now
start. After reading the license agreement,
click Yes to accept the agreement and pro-
ceed with installation.
5
Installation will continue with QuickTime 5.
No registration number is required; leave
the registration information blank and click
Next.
4
Click Easy Install. The standard install
includes:
• A driver for D1 series cameras
• Coolpix Camera Drivers (Mass Storage
driver)
(Windows 98SE only)
• QuickTime 5
• Nikon View
3
If the Language Selection Dialog Is Not Displayed
Select My Computer from the Start menu (Windows XP Home Edition/
Windows XP Professional; in other versions of Windows, double-click
the My Computer icon on the desktop) and double- click the CD-ROM
(NKVIEW6) icon in the “My Computer” window.
Insert the Nikon View installer CD-ROM into the CD- ROM
drive. The Install Center program will launch automatically
and a language selection dialog will be displayed. Select a
language and click Next.
2
Tur n the computer on and wait for the operating system to start up.
1
Depending on the version of Nikon View installed, the installation process and the dialogs
and messages displayed may differ from those described here.
Before Installing Nikon View:
• Turn off any virus-checking software
• Exit all other applications that may be running
Uninstall Existing Versions of Nikon View and Nikon Capture Version 1.x
Before installing Nikon View, you will need to uninstall Nikon Capture version 1.x (if
installed) and any earlier versions of Nikon View.
Step1 Install Nikon View
Click Quit to complete installation of Nikon
View.
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Mac OS 9
Click Yes to create a alias for Nikon View on
the desktop, No to proceed without creating
an alias.
The Nikon View Reference Manual is distributed in Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later.
Windows users who have not already installed this application can install
the copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader included on the reference CD- ROM (the
Macintosh version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is not included).
Mac OS X
Click Yes to add Nikon View to the Dock, No
to proceed without adding Nikon View to the
Dock.
Installing QuickTime 5 (Mac OS 9 Only)
Under Mac OS 9, installation of QuickTime 5
will begin when installation of all other soft-
ware is complete. Follow the on-screen
instructions to complete installation. When
the Registration dialog is displayed, click
Continue. Do not supply registration
information.
Add Nikon View to the Dock or create an alias on the desktop.
7
Click Install to install Nikon View.
6
2Insert the Nikon View installer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Mac OS X
After inserting the Nikon View installer CD-
ROM into the CD-ROM drive, double- click the
CD-ROM ( Nikon View 6) icon on the desktop
and then double- click the Welcome icon. A lan-
guage- selection dialog will be displayed; select a
language and click Next.
Mac OS 9
The language-selection dialog will be displayed automatically when you insert the
Nikon View installer CD-ROM.
After the computer restarts, remove the Nikon View installer CD- ROM from the
CD-ROM drive.
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If the “Select Language” dialog is displayed after the computer restarts,
click Quit to close the dialog and then remove the Nikon View installer
CD-ROM from the CD -ROM drive.
Mac OS X (Version 10.1.2–10.1.5)
Before connecting the camera, select
Applications from the Finder Go
menu and double- click the Image
Capture icon. The Image Capture
dialog will be displayed. Select None
from the Automatic Task and Hot Plug Action menus and close the Image
Capture dialog. If you install Apple iPhoto software after you install Nikon View,
repeat this step to prevent both iPhoto and Nikon View from starting when you
connect your camera.
Select None
Select None
Windows
The default destination folder for transferred
pictures is the My Pictures or My Documents
folder. Pictures will have file names of the
form “Imgnnnn”, wh e r e “nnnn” is a four-
digit number assigned automatically in
ascending order by Nikon View, starting
from 0001.
Select Copy pictures to a
folder on my computer
using Nikon View 6
CarbonLib (Mac OS 9 Only)
CarbonLib 1.6 or later is required to install
this Nikon software. If the installer detects
an earlier version of CarbonLib, a message
will be displayed. Click Install to upgrade to CarbonLib 1.6.
Once installation is complete, be sure to restart the computer before going
on to install Nikon software.
Mac OS 9Mac OS X
Installation of Nikon View opens with a license
agreement. Click Accept to accept the agree-
ment and proceed with installation. The Nikon
View “ReadMe” will then be displaye d. This d oc-
ument contains important information; be sure
to read it thoroughly b efore clicking Continue to
proceed with installation.
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(Under Windows 98SE installation of the D1, D1Xand D1HCamera Driver follows installation of the
Coolpix Camera Driver, above.)
If you are using any operating system other
than Windows 98SE, the dialog shown at
right will be displayed when you click Easy
Install. Click OK to begin installation of the
D1, D1Xand D1HCamera Driver, and click
OK again once installation is complete.
Windows
Connecting the Camera to a Computer
Be sure to install Nikon View before connecting the camera to your computer. If
the Add New Hardware Wizard is displayed when the camera is connected, click
Cancel to exit the wizard.
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000
Professional, Mac OS X
When installing, using, or uninstalling Nikon View, log on as the “Computer
administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional), “Administrator”
(Windows 2000 Professional) or “Admin” (Mac OS X).
•If you are using Windows 98SE, the dia-
log shown at right will be displayed when
you click Easy Install. Click OK to begin
installation of the Coolpix Camera Driver,
and click OK again once installation is
complete.
Pictures taken with your D70 can be transferred to a computer,
where they can be viewed and organized. To transfer your
pictures, you will need to install Nikon View as described below.
For complete instructions on using Nikon View, see the Nikon View
Reference Manual (on CD- ROM).
Nikon Transfer
Mac OS X (Version 10.3)
Before connecting the camera, select
Applications from the Finder Go
menu and double- click the Image
Capture icon. The Image Capture
dialog will be displayed. Select Pref-
erences… from the Image Capture
menu to display the Image Capture
Preferences dialog. In the “Camera”
area, select No application from
the When a camera is connected,
open menu.
Select No application