Nikon D700 User manual

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Table of Contents
Quick Start Guide .......................................... 3
Copying Pictures to a Computer .................. 8
ViewNX........................................................ 12
Buttons and Dials ....................................... 13
The Quick Settings Display........................ 16
The Command Dials ................................... 18
Release Mode.............................................. 23
Using the Flash ........................................... 24
Live View ..................................................... 26
gHand-Held .......................................................... 26
hTripod.................................................................... 28
Picture Controls.......................................... 30
Custom Picture Controls .................................... 32
The Fn Button ............................................. 34
Guides and Tips .......................................... 35
Help............................................................................ 35
Formatting Memory Cards ................................ 35
Two-Button Reset:
Restoring Default Settings............................ 35
Menu Guide................................................. 36
DPLAYBACK MENU ............................................ 36
CSHOOTING MENU............................................ 37
ACUSTOM SETTING MENU.............................. 39
BSETUP MENU...................................................... 45
NRETOUCH MENU .............................................. 48
OMY MENU ............................................................ 48

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Quick Start Guide
Follow these steps for a quick start with your camera.
Attach the strap.
Charge the battery.
Insert the battery.
Attach a lens.
Rotate the lens
until it clicks
into place.
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Quick Start Guide
Insert a Type I
CompactFlash memory
card (q).
When the memory card is
fully inserted, the eject
button will pop up (w) and
the green access lamp will
light briefly.
Turn the camera on.
See page 38 of the User’s
Manual for information on
choosing a language and
setting the time and date.
Adjust viewfinder
focus.
Lift the diopter adjustment
control (q) and rotate it until
the frame in the viewfinder is
in sharp focus (w), then push
the diopter adjustment
control back in.
Front
Access Lamp
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Check camera settings.
Choose exposure mode e.
Press the Ibutton and
rotate the main command
dial to select exposure
mode e(programmed
auto).
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Exposure mode
Control panel
White balance
Viewfinder display
Image size
Image quality
Battery level
Number of
exposures
remaining
ISO sensitivity
Ibutton
Main command dial
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Quick Start Guide
Choose single
frame release
mode.
Hold the release
mode dial lock
release down and
turn the release
mode dial to S
(single frame).
Rotate the
AF-area mode
selector to
K
(single-point AF).
This allows the
focus point to be
selected manually.
Rotate the focus-
mode selector to S
(single-servo AF).
The camera
focuses when the
shutter-release
button is pressed
halfway, and focus locks while the shutter-release
button is held in this postion.
Release mode dial
Release mode dial lock
release
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AF-area mode selector
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Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus,
then press it the rest of the way down to take the
photograph.
Viewing and Deleting Photographs
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Focus indicator
Press Otwice to delete the
photograph currently dis-
played in the monitor.
Press Kto view
photographs.

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Copying Pictures to a Computer
This section describes how to use the supplied UC-E4 USB
cable to connect the camera to a computer. Before
connecting the camera, install Nikon Transfer and ViewNX
from the supplied Software Suite CD (see the Software
Installation Guide for more information). Nikon Transfer
starts automatically when the camera is connected and is
used to copy photographs to the computer, where they can
be viewed using ViewNX (Nikon Transfer can also be used to
back up photographs and embed information in
photographs as they are transferred, while ViewNX can be
used to sort photographs, convert images to different file
formats, and perform simple editing on NEF (RAW)
photographs). To ensure that data transfer is not
interrupted, be sure the camera battery is fully charged. If in
doubt, charge the battery before use or use an EH-5a or EH-5
AC adapter (available separately).
Supported Operating Systems
The camera can be connected to computers running the
following operating systems:
•Windows: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (32-bit Home
Basic/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate)
and Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Home Edition/
Professional)
•Macintosh: Mac OS X (version 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.2)

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Turn the camera off.
Turn the camera off and confirm that a memory card is
inserted.
Turn the computer on and connect the supplied UC-
E4 USB cable as shown below.
Do not use force or attempt to insert the connectors at
an angle. Connect the camera directly to the
computer; do not connect the cable via a USB hub or
keyboard.
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Copying Pictures to a Computer
Turn the camera on.
Windows Vista: If an AutoPlay dialog is displayed, click
Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using
Nikon Transfer to start Nikon Transfer. To skip the
AutoPlay dialog in future, select Always do this for
this device before clicking the “copy pictures…”
option.
Windows XP: If an AutoPlay dialog is displayed, select
Nikon Transfer Copy pictures to a folder on my
computer and click OK to start Nikon Transfer. To skip
the AutoPlay dialog in future, select Always use this
program for this action before clicking OK.
Macintosh: Nikon Transfer will start automatically if
Yes was selected in the Auto-Launch setting dialog
when Nikon Transfer was first installed.
Confirm that the camera is
displayed in the transfer
options “Source” panel.
If the camera is not displayed,
check that the camera is on
and connected to the
computer.
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