Nikon D700 User manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

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User's Manual

Custom Settings are used to customize

camera settings to suit individual

preferences. To display the Custom

Settings, press MENUand press • to

highlight the tab for current menu, then

press • or • to highlight the Custom

Settings tab; for more information, see

page 26.

Custom Setting

groups

Main menu

[]:Custom []: Reset custom

setting bank settings (pg, 282)

(pg.282)

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The following Custom Settings are available:

d Shooting/display

dS .............................................._ ..........

°a--_6i_f_6_"_':!_=_°'_:_Z:_ _- dOhie

al AF--C P!!o[!!Y se!ec!!on ....................................................

a2 AF-S priority se!ect!?n ................................................................

a3 Dynamic AF area ....... ...........

a4 ..................................

aS ......................................................................................................................................

a6 AF point illumination 288

diO

e Bracketing/flash

a7 .......................................298..........el

a8 AF___ e2

ai0 AF_NforMBIDiO ..................................................................................................e4

bl IISO sensitivity step value e6

b2 292 ,e7 Bracketing order I 317

b3 ....................................................................[292 -{-C_trois_:7 :' :' :' :' :' :' :' :...........

293 ,fl

bSIC f2 _i_

¢ Timers/AEIock M Photoinfo/playback 320

€! button AE-L f5

€2 Auto meter-offdelay __ ! 296 f6

................................................................................................!29z

c4 IMonitor offdelay [ 297 f8

d! IBee p _ fl0

d2 [Viewfinder grid display ...............................! 298 f1!

d3 IScreen tips _ 2_ f12

Release button to use dial

No memory card?

Reverse indicators

328

329

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C: Custom Setting Bank

Custom Settings are stored in one of four banks. Changes to

settings in one bank have no effect on the others. To store a

particular 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 is turned

off, and will be restored the next time the bank is selected.

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 Custom Settings banks are A, B, C,

and D. A descriptive caption can be added using the Rename

option as described on page 270.

[] Custom Settings Bank

The bank letter is shown in the shooting

information display, which can be viewed by

pressing the [] button; the Custom Settings

bank can also be selected from the shooting

information display (pg. 1S). If settings in the

current bank have been modified from default

values, an asterisk will be displayed adjacent to

the altered settings in the second level of the Custom Settings menu.

Reset Custom Settings

Choose whether to restore default settings for the current Custom

Settings bank. See page 420 for a list of default settings. Custom

Settings are not reset when a two-button reset is performed.

-: Description

Yes................................Restore defaults for the current Custom Settings bank.

No (default) ] Exit without changing Custom Settings.

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al • AF-C Priority Selection

This option controls whether

photographs can be taken

whenever the shutter-release

button is pressed (release priority)

or only when the camera is in focus

(focus priority) in continuous-servo

AF. To select continuous-servo AF,

rotate the focus mode selector to C.

Focus mode selector

_-_;;'-6-ption=T';_2_°T_°_°_°7_°_°7_°_°7_°_°7_°_°7_°_Description

Release Photos can be taken whenever the shutter-release

(default) button is pressed.

Photos can be taken even when the camera is not in

Release +

_E,,,.] focus. In continuous mode, frame rate slows for

focus improved focus if the subject is dark or low contrast.

Photos can only be taken when the in-focus indicator

_'"'] FOCUS (0) is displayed.

Regardless of the option selected, focus will not lock when the in-

focus indicator (0) is displayed.

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a2: AF-S Priority Selection

This option controls whether

photographs can be taken only

when the camera is in focus (focus

priority) or whenever the shutter-

release button is pressed (release

priority) in single-servo AE To

select single-servo AF, rotate the

focus mode selector to S.

Focus mode selector

Regardless of the option selected, focus will lock while the in-focus

indicator (0) is displayed.

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a3: Dynamic AF Area

If the subject leaves the selected focus point when dynamic-area

AF (EO.J;pg. 74) is selected in continuous-servo AF (focus mode [;

pg. 72), the camera will focus based on information from

surrounding focus points. Choose the number of focus points

from 9, 21, and 51 based on subject movement.

Only active focus point is displayed in the viewfinder. Remaining

focus points provide information to assist focus operation.

Option Description

E(1]9 9 points

(default)

ii!!!iiD

E012121 points

E0151Sl points

If the subject leaves the selected focus point, the

camera will focus based on information from the

surrounding eight focus points. Choose when

there is time to compose the photograph or when

photographing subjects that are moving

predictably (e.g., runners or race cars on a track).

If the subject leaves the selected focus point, the

camera will focus based on information from the

surrounding 20 focus points. Choose when

photographing subjects that are moving

unpredictably (e.g., players at a football game).

If the subject leaves the selected focus point, the

camera will focus based on information from the

surrounding 50 focus points. Choose when

photographing subjects that are moving quickly

and can not be easily framed in the viewfinder

(e.g., birds).

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Option

51 points

(3D-tracking)

[] 3D-tracking

Description

If the subject leaves the selected focus point, the

camera will use 3D-tracking to track the subject

and select a new focus point as required. Use to

quickly compose pictures with subjects that are

moving erratically from side to side (e.g., tennis

players). If the subject leaves the viewflnder,

remove your finger from the shutter-release button

and recompose the photograph with the subject in

the selected focus point.

When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the colors in the area

surrounding the focus point are stored in the camera. Consequently 3D-

tracking may not produce the desired results with subjects that are the

same color as the background or that occupy a very small area of the

fra me.

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a4: Focus Tracking with Lock-On

This option controls how autofocus adjusts to sudden large

changes in the distance to the subject.

Option

AF" Long

Normal

AF_ (default)

AF_ Short

Description

When the distance to the subject changes abruptly, the

camera waits for the specified period (long, normal, or

short) before adjusting the distance to the subject. This

)revents the camera from refocusing when the subject is

briefly obscured by objects passing through the frame.

The camera immediately adjusts focus when the distance

Off to the subject changes. Use when photographing a series

of subjects at varying distances in quick succession.

a5: AF Activation

This option controls whether both the shutter-release button and

the AF-ONbutton can be used to initiate autofocus, or whether

autofocus is only initiated when the AF-ONbutton is pressed.

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a6: AF Point Illumination

Choose whether the active focus point is highlighted in red in the

viewfinder.

Option Description

The selected focus point is automatically highlighted as

Auto needed to establish contrast with the background. DX

(default) format crop is indicated by frame in viewfinder.

The selected focus point is always highlighted, regardless of

the brightness of the background. DX format crop is

indicated by frame in viewfinder. Depending on the

brightness of the background, the selected focus point may

be difficult to see.

The selected focus point is not highlighted. Area outside DX

format crop is indicated by transparent mask in viewfinder.

Off

a7: Focus Point Wrap-Around

Choose whether focus-point selection "wraps around" from one

edge of the viewfinder to another.

=°Sp_io_-no_ _o-,O_::-o : :_:::u _::_

Focus-point selection "wraps around"

from top to bottom, bottom to top,

right to left, and left to right, so that,

Wrap for example, pressing • when a focus

3oint at the right edge of the

viewfinder display is highlighted (_1))selects the

corresponding focus point at the left edge of the display (_2_).

No wrap The focus-area display is bounded by the outermost focus

(default) 3oints so that, for example, pressing •whenafocuspointat

the right edge of the display is selected has no effect.

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