Nikon D700 User manual

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

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.

Mounting

index

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

Check camera settings.

Choose exposure mode e.

Press the Ibutton and

rotate the main command

dial to select exposure

mode e(programmed

auto).

Exposure mode

Control panel

White balance

Viewfinder display

Image size

Image quality

Battery level

Number of

exposures

remaining

ISO sensitivity

Ibutton

Main command dial

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

(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

AF-area mode selector

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

Focus indicator

Press Otwice to delete the

photograph currently dis-

played in the monitor.

Press Kto view

photographs.

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)

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.

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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