Nikon D800E User manual

Nikon
DIGITAL CAMERA
User's Manual

MenuGuide
To display the playback menu, press MENUand select the []
(playback menu) tab.
MENUbutton
Option ,=
Delete 236
Playbackfolder 260
Hideimage 260
Playback displayoptions 261
Copyimage(s) 262
Image review 265
After delete 266
Rotatetall 266
Slide show 267
DPOFprint order 254
[] See Also
Menu defaults are listed on page 405.
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Chooseafolderforplayback(_ 219).
Hideorrevealselectedpicturesasdescribedbelow.Hidden
picturesarevisibleonlyintheHideimagemenuandcanonlybe
deletedbyformattingthememorycard.
_I_ Protected and Hidden Images
Revealing aprotected image will also remove protection from the
image.
1Choose Select/set.
Highlight Select/set and
press I_ (to skip the remaining
steps and reveal all pictures,
highlight Deselect all? and
press 0).
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2 Select pictures.
3
Use the multi selector to scroll
through the pictures on the /,C_
memory card (to view the
highlighted picture full screen,
press and hold the _ button; to
view images in other locations, press 91_ and select the
desired card and folder as described on page 221) and press
the center of the multi selector to select the current picture.
Selected pictures are marked by a _ icon; to deselect a
picture, highlight it and press the center of the multi selector.
Press 0.
Press0 to complete the operation.
Q button
Choose the information available in the playback photo
information display (_ 222). Press • or • to highlight an option,
then press I_ to select the option for the photo information
display. A € appears next to selected items; to deselect, highlight
and press I_. To return to the playback menu, highlight Done and
press O.
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Copy pictures from one memory card to another.
1
2
3
Choose Select source.
Highlight Select sourceand
press I_.
Select the source card.
Highlight the slot for the card
containing the images to be
copied and press 0. ©
Choose Select image(s).
Highlight Select image(s) and
press I_.
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4
5
Select the source folder.
Highlight the folder containing
the images to be copied and
press I_.
Make the initial selection.
Before going on select or
deselect individual images, you
can mark all or all protected
images in the folder for
copying by choosing Select all
images or Select protected images. To mark only
individually selected images for copying, choose Deselect all
before proceeding.
6Select additional images.
7
Highlight pictures and press
the center of the multi selector
to select or deselect (to view
the highlighted picture full
screen, press and hold the
button). Selected images are marked with a ¢. Press 0 to
proceed to Step 7 when your selection is complete.
Choose Select destination
folder.
Highlight Select destination
folder and press I_.
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8Select a destination folder.
To enter a folder number, choose Select
folder by number, enter the number
(_ 271), and press @.
To choose from a list of existing folders,
choose Select folder from list, highlight
a folder, and press @.
9Copy the images.
Highlight Copy image(s}?
and press @.
@ button
A confirmation dialog will
be displayed; highlight Yes and
press @. Press @ again to exit
when copying is complete.
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i_ Copying Images
Images will not be copied if there is insufficient space on the destination
card. Be sure the battery is fully charged before copying movies.
If the destination folder contains an image with
the same name as one of the images to be
copied, a confirmation dialog will be displayed.
Select Replace existing image to replace the
image with the image to be copied, or select
Replace all to replace all existing images with
the same names without further prompting. To
continue without replacing the image, select Skip, or select Cancel to
exit without copying any further images. Hidden or protected files in the
destination folder will not be replaced.
Protect status is copied with the images but print marking (_ 254) is
not. Hidden images can not be copied.
Choose whether pictures are automatically
displayed in the monitor immediately after
shooting. If Off is selected, pictures can only
be displayed by pressing the [] button.
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Choosethepicturedisplayedafteranimageisdeleted.
_-_!_-O_ption-_'- ..... Description ......
Show
next
Show
previous
Continue
asbefore
Display following picture. If deleted picture was last frame,
previous picture will be displayed.
Display previous picture. If deleted picture was first frame,
following picture will be displayed.
If user was scrolling through pictures in order recorded,
following picture will be displayed as described for Show
next. If user was scrolling through pictures in reverse
order, previous picture will be displayed as described for
Show previous.
Choose whether to rotate "tall" (portrait-orientation) pictures for
display during playback. Note that because the camera itself is
already in the appropriate orientation during shooting, images are
not rotated automatically during image review.
"Tall" (portrait-orientation) pictures are automatically rotated for
On displayinthecameramonitor. PicturestakenwithOffselectedfor
Auto image rotation (_ 331) will be displayed in "wide"
(landscape) orientation.
"Tall" Cportrait-orientation) pictures are displayed in "wide"
Off (landscape) orientation.
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Create a slide show of the pictures in the current playback folder
(_ 260). Hidden images (_ 260) are not displayed.
To start the slide show, highlight Start and
press @. The following operations can be
performed while the slide show is in
progress:
Skip back/skip
ahead @
View additional
photo info
Pause/resume
Exit to playback
menu
Exit to playback
mode
Exit to shooting
mode
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@
MENU
[]
Description
Press • to return to previous frame, • to skip
to next frame.
Change photo info displayed (still images
only; _ 222).
Pause or resume slide show.
End slide show and return to playback menu.
End slide show and exit to full-frame (_ 219)
or thumbnail playback (_ 219).
Press shutter-release button halfway to return
to shooting mode.
The dialog shown at right is displayed when
the show ends. Select Restart to restart or
Exit to return to the playback menu.
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To display the shooting menu, press MENUand select the I_1
(shooting menu) tab.
MENUbutton
Option =_°= =_' Option _=_°=
Shooting menubank 269
Extendedmenubanks 270
Storage folder 271
File naming 273
Primary slot selection 89
Secondary slot function 89
Image quality 84
Image size 87
Image area 79
JPEGcompression 86
NEF(RAW)recording 86
White balance 145
Set PictureControl 163
Manage PictureControl 169
Color space 274
ActiveD-Lighting 174
HDR(high dynamic range) 176
Vignette control 275
Auto distortion control 276
LongexposureNR 277
HighISONR 277
ISOsensitivitysettings 109
Multiple exposure 195
Interval timer shooting 201
Time-lapse photography 207
Moviesettings 70
[] See Also
Menu defaults are listed on page 405.
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Shootingmenuoptionsarestoredinoneoffourbanks.Withthe
exceptionsofExtended menu banks, Interval timer shooting,
Multiple exposure, Time-lapse photography, and modifications
to Picture Controls (quick adjust and other manual adjustments),
changes to settings in one bank have no effect on the others. To
store aparticular combination of frequently-used settings, select one
of the four banks and set the camera to these settings. The new
settings will be stored in the bank even when the camera isturned
off, and will be restored the next time the bank isselected. Different
combinations of settings can be stored in the other banks,
allowing the user to switch instantly from one combination to
another by selecting the appropriate bank from the bank menu.
The default names for the four shooting menu banks are A, B,C,
and D. A descriptive caption of up to 20 characters in length can
be added by highlighting the menu bank and pressing I_ as
described on page 170.
[] Shooting Menu Bank
The information display shows the current
shooting menu bank.
[] See Also
Exposure mode, shutter speed, and aperture can be included in
shooting menu banks using the Extended menu banks option in the
shooting menu (_ 270).
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I I RestoringDefaultSettings
To restore default settings,
highlight a bank in the
Shooting menu bank menu
and press _ (_0_). A
confirmation dialog will be
displayed; highlight Yes and
press 0 to restore default
settings for the selected bank.
See page 405 for a list of default
settings.
(,o_) button
Select On to include exposure mode, shutter
speed (modes E_and/I only), and aperture
(modes zqand/1 only) in the information
recorded in each of the four shooting menu
banks, to be recalled whenever the bank is
selected. Selecting Off restores the values in
effect before On was selected.
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Select the folder in which subsequent images will be stored.
II SelectFolderby Number
1 Choose Select folder by
number.
Highlight Select folder by
number and press I_. The
dialog shown at right will be
displayed, with the current
primary slot (_ 89) underlined.
2Choose a folder number.
Press <or I_ to highlight a digit, press • or • to change. If a
folder with the selected number already exists, a I_1,I_1,or I_1
icon will be displayed to the left of the folder number:
•I_1: Folder is empty.
• I_1: Folder is partially full.
• I_1: Folder contains 999 pictures or a picture numbered
9999. No further pictures can be stored in this folder.
3Save changes and exit.
Press @ to complete the operation and return to the shooting
menu (to exit without changing the storage folder, press the
MENUbutton). If a folder with the specified number does not
already exist, a new folder will be created on the card in the
primary slot. Subsequent photographs will be stored in the
selected folder unless it is already full.
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II SelectFolderfromList
1 Choose Select folder from
list.
Highlight Select folder from _
list and press I_.
Highlight afolder.
Press • or • to highlight a folder.
3Select the highlighted folder.
Press _ to select the highlighted folder and return to the
shooting menu. Subsequent photographs will be stored in
the selected folder.
_I_ Folder and File Numbers
If the current folder is numbered 999 and contains 999 pictures or a
picture numbered 9999, the shutter-release will be disabled and no
further photographs can be taken. To continue shooting, create a folder
with a number less than 999, or select an existing folder with a number
lessthan 999 and less than 999 images.
[] Startup Time
Additional time may be required for camera startup if the memory card
contains a very large number of files or folders.
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Photographs are saved using file names consisting of"DSC_" or, in
the case of images that use the Adobe RGBcolor space (_ 274),
"_DSC", followed by a four-digit number and a three-letter
extension (e.g., "DSC_O001 .JPG"). The File naming option is used
to select three letters to replace the "DSC" portion of the file name.
For information on editing file names, see page 170.
[] Extensions
The following extensions are used: ".NEF" for NEF (RAW) images, ".TIF"
for TIFF (RGB) images, ".JPG" for JPEG images, ".MOV" for movies, and
".NDF" for dust off reference data. In each pair of photographs recorded
at image-quality settings of NEF (RAW)+JPEG, the NEF and JPEG images
have the same file names but different extensions.
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The color space determines the gamut of colors available for color
reproduction. Choose sRGB for photographs that will be printed
or used "as is" with no further modification. Adobe RGB has a
wider color gamut and is recommended for images that will be
extensively processed or retouched after leaving the camera.
[] Color Space
Color spaces define the correspondence between colors and the
numeric values that represent them in a digital image file. The sRGB
color space is widely used, while the Adobe RGB color space is typically
used in publishing and commercial printing, sRGB is recommended
when taking photographs that will be printed without modification or
viewed in applications that do not support color management, or when
taking photographs that will be printed with ExifPrint, the direct
printing option on some household printers, or kiosk printing or other
commercial print services. Adobe RGB photographs can also be printed
using these options, but colors will not be as vivid.
JPEG photographs taken in the Adobe RGB color space are DCF
compliant; applications and printers that support DCF will select the
correct color space automatically. If the application or device does not
support DCF, select the appropriate color space manually. An ICC color
profile is embedded in TIFF photographs taken in the Adobe RGB color
space, allowing applications that support color management to
automatically select the correct color space. For more information, see
the documentation provided with the application or device.
[] Nikon Software
ViewNX 2 (supplied) and Capture NX 2 (available separately)
automatically select the correct color space when opening photographs
created with this camera.
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"Vignetting" is a drop in brightness at the edges of a photograph.
Vignette control reduces vignetting for type G and D lenses (DX
and PC lenses excluded). Its effects vary from lens to lens and are
most noticeable at maximum aperture. Choose from High,
Normal, Low, and Off.
[] Vignette Control
Depending on the scene, shooting conditions, and type of lens, TIFF
and JPEG images may exhibit noise (fog) or variations in peripheral
brightness, while custom Picture Controls and preset Picture Controls
that have been modified from default settings may not produce the
desired effect. Take test shots and view the results in the monitor.
Vignette control does not apply to movies (_ 59) or multiple exposures
(_ 195) or DX-format images (_ 79).
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Select On to reduce barrel distortion in
photos taken with wide-angle lenses and to
reduce pin-cushion distortion in photos
taken with long lenses (note that the edges
of the area visible in the viewfinder may be
cropped out of the final photograph, and
that the time needed to process photographs before recording
begins may increase). This option does not apply to movies and is
available only with type G and D lenses (PC,fisheye, and certain
other lenses excluded); results are not guaranteed with other
lenses. Before using auto distortion control with DX lenses, select
On for Auto DX crop or choose an image area of DX (24x16) 1.5x
(_ 80); selecting other options may result in heavily cropped
photographs or in photographs with severe peripheral distortion.
[] Retouch: Distortion Control
For information on creating copies of existing photographs with
reduced barrel and pin-cushion distortion, see page 358.
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If On is selected, photographs taken at
shutter speeds slower than 1 s will be
processed to reduce noise (bright spots,
randomly-spaced bright pixels, or fog). The
time required for processing roughly
doubles; during processing, "LJab n r" will
blink in the shutter speed/aperture displays
and pictures can not be taken (if the camera
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is turned off before processing is complete, the picture will be
saved but noise reduction will not be performed). In continuous
release mode, frame rates will slow and while photographs are
being processed, the capacity of the memory buffer will drop.
Long exposure noise reduction is not available during movie
recording.
Photographs taken at high ISO sensitivities can be processed to
reduce noise.
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High Reduce noise (randomly-spaced bright pixels, lines,or fog),
Normal particularly in photographs taken at high ISOsensitivities.
__ Choose the amount of noise reduction performed from High,
Low Normal, and Low.
Noise reduction is performed only at sensitivities of 1600and
Off higher. The amount of noise reduction is lessthan the amount
)erformed when Low is selected for High ISO NR.
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