User manual NIKON D2XS

[. . . ] En The Nikon Guide to Digital Photography with the DIGITAL CAMERA Product Documentation The documentation for this product includes the manuals listed below. Please be sure to read all instructions thoroughly to get the most from your camera. Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide takes you through the process of unpacking and setting up your Nikon digital camera, taking your first photographs, and transferring them to your computer. Guide to Digital Photography The Guide to Digital Photography (this manual) provides complete operating instructions for your camera. [. . . ] Bracketing and Other Settings Bracketing is cancelled when multiple exposure is selected and can not be restored until shooting has ended. Settings that can not be changed during a multiple exposure can not be selected once the first picture has been taken. Two Button Reset ( 136) Multiple exposure settings are not affected when a two-button reset is performed. Performing a two-button reset does not cancel multiple exposure mode. 122 Trimming Photographs Creating Cropped Copies To create a cropped copy of an existing photograph: 1 2 3 4 Highlight Trim in the shooting menu ( 168) and press the multi selector to the right. Taking Photographs--Trimming Photographs Press the multi selector up, down, left, or right to highlight the desired image. Press the center of the multi selector to select the highlighted image. The selected image will be displayed full frame. Press the button and rotate the main command dial to choose the size of the crop. To change the position of the crop, press the multi selector up, down, left, or right while the button is pressed. Trimming Trimming is available only with photographs taken with the D2Xs. The D2Xs can not be used to tirm photographs taken with other cameras. If a photograph taken at a setting of NEF (RAW) + JPEG is selected, trimming will apply to the NEF (RAW) image. Cropped copies can not be selected for trimming. 123 5 Press the button to create a cropped copy of the image, or press the button to return to the shooting menu without creating a copy. Cropped copies are saved as FINE-quality JPEG images named by adding one to the current file number. Depending on the size of the crop, copies will be 2, 540 × 1, 920, 1, 920 × 1, 440, 1, 280 × 960, 960 × 720, or 640 × 480 pixels in size. Cropped copies have the same white balance, shooting data, and image optimization settings as the original. Camera orientation ( 167) is not copied to the new file, with the result that all cropped copies are displayed in "wide" (landscape) orientation during playback. Any voice memos associated with the original are not copied. Taking Photographs--Trimming Photographs 124 Interval Timer Photography Taking Photographs at Preset Intervals The D2Xs is equipped to take photographs automatically at preset intervals. 1 2 Highlight Intvl timer shooting in the shooting menu ( 168) and press the multi selector to the right. Taking Photographs--Interval Timer Photography Press the multi selector left or right to highlight options and press the multi selector up or down to change interval timer settings. The following options are available: Option Start Description Choose starting for interval timer photography from: · Now: Shooting begins about 3 s after this option is selected · Start time: Shooting begins at Start time Enter start time for interval timer photography when Start time is selected for Start. Press multi selector left or right to highlight starting hour or minute, press up or down to change. Press multi selector left or right to highlight hour, minute, or second, press up or down to change. Note that camera will not be able to take photographs at specified interval if interval is shorter than shutter speed or time required to record images. Start time Interval Choose number of intervals and number of shots taken at each Select intvl interval. Remaining Shows number of intervals and total shots remaining in current (intvl × shots) interval program. Shooting will start at selected start time and will continue for specified number of intervals. 125 3 Highlight Start at the bottom of the interval timer menu and press the button. The multi selector up or down to select On, then press the first series of shots will be taken at the specified starting time. [. . . ] See Design rule for Camera File system Deleting, 35, 146, 156­157. See also Memory card, formatting all images, 157 playback menu, 156 selected images, 157 single-frame playback, 35, 138 Depth-of-field preview, 87 Design rule for Camera File system, 158 Digital Print Order Format, 163 Diopter, 31, 248 DPOF. See Digital Print Order Format D-TTL flash control, 110 E Electronic analog exposure display, 95 Electronic range finder, 85 Exif version 2. 21, 165 Exposure bracketing, 100 Exposure compensation, 99 Exposure delay mode, 198 Exposure meters, 86. See also Auto meter off Exposure mode, 87­95 aperture-priority auto, 92­93 manual, 94­95 programmed auto, 88­89 shutter-priority auto, 90­91 F FINE. [. . . ]