Nikon Dig ital Camera D1
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1. 1 Camera Settings Cc apture Mode Photographs taken in single frame advance and self timer modes can be displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after shooting This makes possible quick confirmation of test photographs and immediate deletion of unwanted photos Photographs can be displayed either before they are transferred to the memory card capture preview mode or after they have been saved record and review Capture preview To select capture preview mode hold down the D button and rotate the main command dial to select Custom Setting 1 With the button held down rotate the sub command dial to select option 1 Capture Preview mode CUSTOM Che QUALITY iD QUALITY When you take a photograph in capture preview mode the photograph will be displayed in the monitor before being transferred to the memory card To record the photograph to memory press the D button To delete the photo graph before it is saved to memory press the or B button or press the shutter release button half way Record and review To use record and review select Custom Setting 1 as described above then rotate the sub command dial to select option 2 Record and Review mode QUALITY u In record and review mode photographs will be displayed in the monitor after being saved to the memo2. is pressed half way The shutter can only be released when the camera is in focus 1g Camera Settings Autofocus 17 Take a picture Press the shutter release button the rest of the way down to take a picture The green access lamp on the card slot cover will blink while the photograph is recorded to the memory card Do not turn the camera off or remove the memory card until the access lamp has turned off 0 lt gt First Steps Take a Photograph 1g Camera Settings Focus Area Focus Area The D1 offers a choice of five focus areas which together cover a wide portion of the frame Unlock the focus area selector and press the arrows until the desired focus area is highlighted in red in the viewfinder By choosing focus area according to the position of your main subject in the composition you can focus on an off center subject without using focus lock see below 1g Camera Settings Focus Lock Focus Lock Use focus lock when your subject will not be in one of the five focus areas in the final composition a vane J Keeping AE AF lock button held down or the shutter release button slightly de pressed re compose your photograph then press the shutter release button the rest of the way down to take a photograph Position the subject in the active focus area and lightly press the shutter release button to confirm focus In continuous servo AF press the AF AE
3. to J matrix metering The matrix metering indicator will appear in the viewfinder when the shutter release button is pressed half way 1 Camera Settings Metering Reset settings to defaults When using the camera for the first time you may want to clear chang es to settings made by previous users After turning the camera on hold the D and GP buttons down together for more than two seconds to restore camera settings to their default values The CUSTOM indi cator in the rear control panel will start to blink To clear changes to custom settings release both but tons while the indicator is blinking and then press the buttons again I amp Custom Settings Two Button Reset QUALITY Set sensitivity to 200 Camera sensitivity ISO equiva lency can be set to 200 400 800 or 1600 ISO equivalent To choose a sensitivity of 200 hold the button down and turn the main command dial The sensitivi ty setting will be displayed in the rear control panel 1 Camera Settings Sensitivity 15 Set the exposure mode to p Hold the MODE button down and turn the main command dial until the exposure mode indicator in the control panel on top of the camera shows p programmed auto 1 Camera Settings Exposure Mode LANGUAGE IB DEUTSCH ISH ENGLISH i FRANCAIS woooe SET gt
4. to S 1 Camera Settings The Mode Dial o Ss ita FAD REM a 5 P OB a Oy i275 F5 REM Lz oa Ola I ZI 12 Set the AF area mode Holding down the AF area mode button rotate the main com mand dial until single area AF appears in the control panel on top of the camera 1g Camera Settings AF Area Mode 13 Select the center focus area Unlock the focus area selector A and press the arrows until the center focus area is selected in the viewfinder and the control panel on top of the camera B Return the focus area selector lock to the locked position 1a Camera Settings Focus Area 2 Attach a lens Turn the camera off and mount a lens on the camera as shown above Set aperture to its mini mum setting largest f number and lock the aperture ring Use a D Type AF Nikkor lens with a built in CPU to take full advan tage of camera features 0 amp gt First Steps Attach the Lens GD Ws GD CARD 8 Set image quality to NORMAL After turning the camera on hold the button down and turn the main command dial until NORM normal appears in the rear con trol panel 1a Camera Settings Image Quality 14 Choose matrix metering Hold down the metering selector lock release and turn the metering selector
5. Fast Track Guide Nikon D Digital Camera This Fast Track Guide provides a brief introduction to using your D1 at the most common settings Refer ences are provided to the sections of the User s Manual where more com plete information may be found Please read all instructions fully 1 Insert an EN 4 battery pack Turn the camera off before insert ing the battery pack To insert turn the battery pack latch to the open position slide the battery pack into the camera and lock it in place Turn the camera on and check the battery indicator in the control panel on top of the cam era 0 amp gt First Steps Insert the Battery Y a Ox am E Enns Lay Ww en i 6 Insert a memory card The D1 uses CompactFlash mem ory cards to store photographs think of it as electronic film After turning the camera off open the door covering the card slot cover release button A1 and press the card slot cover release button A2 to open the card slot A3 After inserting a memory card fold the eject button over and close the card slot cover B rg First Steps Insert the Memory Card 7 Select single frame shooting The D1 offers a choice of continu ous and single frame shooting To select single frame shooting hold down the mode dial lock release and turn the mode dial
6. O 4 Choose a language for the menus To choose a language for the playback mode menus hold down the mode dial lock release and turn the mode dial to PLAY Press the button to display the playback menu Using the focus area selector select LANGUAGE from the SET UP sub menu Highlight a language in the LAN GUAGE menu above and press the selector to the right to put your choice into effect 03 gt First Steps Choose a Language for the Menus 10 Set white balance to auto A Holding the B button down turn the main command dial until A auto white balance appears in the rear control panel 1 Camera Settings White Balance i25 56 16 Frame a photograph After framing a photograph press the shutter release button half way down and confirm that the in focus indicator appears in the view finder 1 First Steps Take a Photograph 5 Adjust viewfinder diopter The D1 is equipped with diopter adjustment to accommodate individual differences in vision To adjust viewfinder diopter pull the diopter knob out and rotate it until the focus brackets in the viewfind er are in sharp focus Is Camera Settings Diopter Adjustment 11 Select single servo AF Set the autofocus mode to S single servo autofocus In this mode the camera will focus auto matically when the shutter release button
7. e found Please read all instructions fully E 0g Camera Settings Exposure Mode Camera Settings Exposure Mode xposure Mode Set the exposure mode by turning the main command dial while holding down the MODE button The D1 offers a choice of four exposure modes for different effects and shooting conditions i Programmed auto exposure Programmed auto exposure is the fastest and simplest method for ensuring that your photographs will be cor rectly exposed Different combinations of aperture and shutter speed can be selected by turning the main com mand dial flexible program Shutter priority auto You set the shutter speed by turning the main command dial the camera automatically selects a matching aper ture for the best exposure oi Aperture priority auto PV you specify aperture by turning the sub command dial the camera automatically selects the shutter speed M M Manual il Manual exposure mode allows you to set both aperture and shutter speed manually Shutter speed is set by turning the main command dial aperture by turning the sub command dial You can check exposure using the electronic analog exposure display in the viewfinder or the control panel on top of the camera Exposure Compensation Use exposure compensation to modify exposure control Exposure compensation can be set to a value between 5 EV and 5 EV by rotating the main command dial while p
8. focus lock The shutter can only be released when the in focus indicator appears in the viewfinder focus priority C Continuous servo autofocus release priority The camera focuses continuously as long as the shutter release button is held half way down The shutter can be released even when the in focus indicator is not displayed in the viewfinder release priority M Manual focus Focus can be adjusted using the lens focusing ring AF Area Mode Autofocus can be used to focus only on the selected focus area single area AF or to shift focus from one area to the next depending on the movement of the subject dynamic AF AF area mode can be selected by turning the main command dial while holding down the button The current setting is displayed in the control panel on top of the camera Single area AF The camera focuses on the subject in the current focus area This mode is useful when focusing on subjects that are relatively stationary a Dynamic area AF dynamic area AF with closest subject priority When dynamic area AF is combined with single servo autofocus the Pear will focus on the closest subject to the camera that falls in one of the five focus areas closest subject priority In combination with contin uous servo autofocus dynamic area AF can be used to focus on the subject in the current focus area regardless of its distance from the camera The camera will automatically shift the focu
9. lock button r amp Playback Single Frame Playback Photographs taken with the D1 can be played back instantly on the LCD monitor for review or deletion 1 Turn the monitor on Press the button to turn the monitor on The most recent photograph will be displayed 2 View additional photos TAA S A 00 6 Press the focus area selector down to view the other photo graphs in memory one at a time or keep the selector pressed to scroll rapidly through memory until you reach the desired frame number Press the selector to the right to view photo information for the photograph currently displayed 3 Deleting photographs To delete the photograph displayed in the LCD monitor press the button The confirmation dialog shown above at right will appear Press the button again to delete the photo graph To return to playback mode without deleting the photo graph press any button on the rear of the camera other than the and B buttons Press the button or lightly press the shutter release button to end playback without deleting the photograph Fast Track Guide Nikon D1 Digital Camera This Fast Track Guide introduces some of the more commonly used features of the D1 References are provided to the sections of the User s Manual where more complete information may b
10. or or black and white aya C Co HI high image quality no compression Images are stored as uncompressed RGB TIFF YCbCr TIFF or RAW 2 7r data Note that the last two file types can only be displayed on the camera or on a computer running Nikon View or Nikon Capture available separately FINE fine image quality low compression Images are JPEG compressed to roughly one quarter of their original size NORM normal image quality medium compression Images are JPEG compressed to roughly one eight of their original size BASIC basic image quality high compression Images are JPEG compressed to roughly one sixteenth of their original size The approximate number of images that can be saved on a 96 MB mem ory card at each of these settings is shown below E es I lt Connections Viewing Photos on Other Devices SC D1 IEEE 1394 cable Mac or Windows computer running Nikon Capture or Nikon View DX Ll Ha E mail A gt Parallel SCSI IDE or Personal computer Electronic Cw USB interface publishing CF card reader EC AD1 PC card adapter Computer with PC card slot Printer lt DCF printer EG D1 video cable DPOF Srihing service Television or VCR
11. ressing the 4 button 1 Camera Settings Exposure Compensation Metering To select a metering method hold down the metering selector lock release and turn the metering selector to the desired setting A choice of three metering methods is available gJ Matrix metering Metering is performed by a CCD sensor with 1 005 67 vertical x 15 horizontal RGB metering pixels Exposure is based on a selection of information from all areas of the frame Center weighted metering The greatest weight is assigned an eight millimeter circle in the center of the viewfinder The classic meter for those who shoot portraits or who simply want to take personal control CJ Spot metering For really precise metering the D1 reads an area four millimeters in diameter The sensing area changes to correspond with the manually selected AF area 6ME49521 ocus Mode Focus mode can be selected using the focus mode selector on the front of the camera Three modes are available single servo autofocus continuous servo autofocus and manual focus F a gt Camera Settings Focus Mode Camera Settings Focus Mode S Single servo autofocus focus priority The camera focuses automatically when the shutter release button is pressed half way If the camera is focused on a moving subject the camera will continue to adjust focus until the subject comes to a halt focus tracking Focus will lock when the subject stops moving
12. ry card Press the button to delete the photo graph To clear the photo from the monitor without deleting it press any button except those on top of the mode dial W 0 amp Camera Settings White Balance Camera Settings White Balance hite Balance In addition to auto white balance which produces photographs with natural coloration in most lighting conditions the D1 offers preset white balance and six manual settings for specific light sources White balance is set by turning the main command dial while holding down the button In modes other than PRE you can fine tune white balance by turning the sub command dial while the button is held down The white balance setting and white balance adjustment are displayed in the rear control panel 9 A Auto white balance Overcast 3 Incandescent fy Shade Fluorescent PRE Preset white balance se lt Direct sunlight 4 Flash lt p gt White balance adjustment in effect 1 Camera Settings Image Quality Image Quality Image quality controls the file size compression ratio file type and image type of photographs recorded with the D1 To select the compression ratio hold down the I button and turn the main command dial Turn the sub command dial while holding down the Z button to select the file type and whether photos will be recorded in col
13. s area to track the subject as it moves from one focus area to another making this mode ideal for focusing on subjects that are moving erratically Closest subject priority can be used with continuous servo AF or turned off when the camera is set to single servo AF See Custom Settings items 9 and 10 in the User s Manual The Mode Dial The D1 offers a choice of five operating modes single frame shooting continuous shooting self timer playback and PC modes To set the operating mode hold down the mode dial lock release and turn the mode dial to the desired setting S Single frame shooting One photograph is taken each time the shutter release button is pressed C Continuous shooting Photographs are taken at a maximum rate of 4 5 frames per second while the shutter release button is held down Self timer mode A timer is activated when the shutter release button is pressed The self timer lamp on the front of the camera will blink for eight seconds Two seconds after the lamp stops blinking the shutter will be released auto matically and a photograph will be recorded Ideal for photographs that include the photographer PLAY Playback mode Select this mode for thumbnail playback or to access the playback menu where you can delete protect or hide photographs and make changes to a variety of playback options PC PC mode Use this mode when connecting the camera to a computer via its IEEE 1394 FireWire interface
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