User manual NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 24-120MM F-4G ED VR

[. . . ] Nikon View Reference Manual The Nikon View Reference Manual can be found in electronic format on the reference CD provided with your camera. Symbols To make it easier to find the information you need, the following symbols and conventions are used in this manual: This icon marks cautions, information that you should read before use to prevent damage to your camera. This icon marks tips, additional information you may find helpful when using your camera. This icon marks notes, information that you should read before using your camera. 2 3 For Your Safety To prevent damage to your Nikon product or injury to yourself or to others, read the following safety precautions in their entirety before using this equipment. Keep these safety instructions where all those who use the product will read them. The consequences that could result from failure to observe the precautions listed in this section are indicated by the following symbols: This icon marks warnings, information that should be read before using your Nikon product to prevent possible injury. · When inserting the battery, do not attempt to insert it upside down or backwards. [. . . ] This in turn determines the total number of pictures that can be stored. To get an idea of how different settings for image size and quality affect the number of images that can be stored on a memory card, view the following table, which shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on 16 MB, 64 MB, and 128 MB cards at different combinations of image size and quality. 16 MB Card 1600 1280 -- -- 16 24 31 47 59 86 64 MB Card 1600 1280 -- -- 65 100 125 190 236 347 128 MB Card 1600 1280 -- -- 130 200 252 381 474 695 Image Quality To reduce the amount of memory that each shot IMAGE QUALITY Image Quality FINE occupies, pictures taken at settings other than HI Image Size NORMAL are compressed as they are saved to the memory Folders BASIC Monitor Options card. Compression selectively reduces the quality Auto Off Seq. Numbers of the image; the more the picture is compressed, CF Card Format the more noticeable this loss of quality is likely to SELECT SET be. The actual effect depends on the size of the picture when printed or displayed and on the type of subject. Option Compression ratio (approx. ) No compression File format TIFF Description Maximum image quality. Use when fidelity is of paramount importance. Only available at image size of 2272 x 1704. Fine image quality, suitable for enlargements or high-quality prints. Normal image quality, suited to most applications. Basic image quality, suitable for pictures that will be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages. HI FINE NORMAL BASIC 2272 1 8 16 32 2048 -- 10 19 37 1024 -- 37 69 121 640 -- 86 144 229 HI Menu Guide--The Set-Up Menu FINE NORMAL 1:4 1:8 JPEG JPEG HI FINE NORMAL BASIC 2272 5 33 65 130 2048 -- 40 78 151 1024 -- 151 278 488 640 -- 347 578 918 BASIC 1:16 JPEG HI FINE NORMAL BASIC 2272 10 66 132 260 2048 -- 80 158 303 1024 -- 303 558 997 640 -- 695 1158 1840 You can control the amount of compression using the image quality sub-menu. Image quality settings can be accessed from the SET-UP menu and the "Image Size & Quality" sub-menu in the å shooting menu (p. Numbers CF Card Format SELECT SET Option Monitor On 2272 16 Monitor on at startup Yes No Yes No Picture review On On Off Off Review Only Preview Only Monitor Off Adjusting Monitor Brightness: Brightness This option controls monitor brightness. Press / on the Multi selector to increase or decrease the brightness of the monitor by moving the arrow at the right side of the display up or down. Once you have adjusted brightness to your satisfaction, press > on the Multi selector to put the change into effect. BRIGHTNESS Ultra HS With each sequence of pictures taken at Ultra HS (p. 100), the camera creates a new folder in which all pictures in the sequence are stored. Each folder will have a name consisting of "N_" followed by a three-digit number assigned automatically by the camera. Folders can be deleted or selected for playback from the Folders menu, but folders created at a setting of Ultra HS cannot be selected for storing additional images. SELECT SET 86 87 Conserving Battery Power: Auto Off When operated on battery power, the camera will enter sleep mode if no operations are performed for thirty seconds. The time limit for sleep mode can be chosen from thirty seconds, one minute, five minutes, and thirty minutes using the Auto Off menu. AUTO OFF Image Quality Image Size Folders Monitor Options Auto Off Seq. Numbers CF Card Format SELECT File Numbering: Seq. Number The camera assigns each picture a file name consisting of "DSCN" followed by a four-digit number assigned automatically by the camera (e. g. , "DSCN0001. JPG"). This option controls how files are numbered. Option Description When this option is selected, the camera assigns all subsequent file numbers sequentially in ascending order, starting from the last number used. If the memory card is formatted or a new card inserted in the camera, file numbering will continue from the last number used. [. . . ] 34-38 Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 42-43 Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 89 SETUP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. [. . . ]