Symbols and Numerics

• * (asterisk), meaning in displays, 109

• 1:1 Image Area setting, 65
• 1.5 focal-length crop factor, 40
• 16:9 Image Area setting, 65

A

• A (Auto) Picture Control option, 182
• A Shooting mode. See aperture-priority autoexposure Shooting mode
• AC-adapter connection, 21
• action photography
  • blurring motion, 195
  • Focus modes, 196
  • freezing motion, 194–195
  • Release modes, 196
• Active D-Lighting (ADL), 118–121
• Adobe RGB color space, 180–181
• AE (autoexposure) lock, 126
• AEB (auto exposure bracketing). See bracketing
• AE-L/AF-L/Protect button, 14–15
  • locking autoexposure and focus, 126, 149, 153
  • modifying function, 285
  • protecting files, 256–257
• AF Activation option, 155
• AF Speed option, 221–222
• AF Tracking Sensitivity feature, 222
• AF-A Focus mode, 141–142
• AF-area mode, 139–140
  • Auto-area AF, 143–145
  • Auto-area AF (animals), 143–145
  • Auto-area AF (people), 143–145
  • Dynamic-area mode, 148–149, 152
  • Limit AF-area Mode Selection option, 155
  • Pinpoint mode, 146–147, 150
  • relationship to Spot metering, 149
  • Single-point mode, 147, 150
  • subject tracking autofocus, 145, 152–154
  • video recording, 221–222
  • Wide-area AF (L), 148, 151
  • Wide-area AF (L-animals), 148
  • Wide-area AF (L-people), 148
  • Wide-area AF (S), 147, 151
• AF-assist lamp, 19–20
• AF-C Focus mode, 141–142
• AF-C Priority Selection option, 141
• AF-S (Single-point AF-area mode), 141–143, 147, 150, 153
• AF-S Priority Selection option, 141
• after-the-shoot features, 1
• Airplane mode, 307
• anti-shake feature, 42, 76–78
• aperture
  • adjusting, 104–107
  • basics, 82–83
  • depth of field and, 84
  • f-stops, f-stop numbers, 57, 108–109, 160–161, 190, 200–202
  • selecting, 104–105
  • Shooting modes and control over, 90
• aperture-priority autoexposure (A) Shooting mode
  • adjusting f-stop setting in, 57, 108–109, 190
  • basics, 55
  • defined, 90
• Apply Settings to Live View option, 167
• aspect ratio
  • adjusting when cropping photos, 65
  • consideration when composing photos, 75
  • videos, 206
• asterisk (*), meaning in displays, 109
• Attenuator feature, 218
• audio recording
  • attaching external microphone, 215
  • Attenuator feature, 218
  • audio meter, 216
  • Frequency Response option, 217
  • microphone sensitivity, adjusting, 216–217
  • Wind Noise Reduction option, 218
• Auto (A) Picture Control option, 182
• Auto Bracketing (mode M) option, 133
• Auto Bracketing set option, 180
• Auto Distortion Control setting, 163, 223
• auto exposure bracketing (AEB). See bracketing
• Auto Flash ISO Sensitivity Control
  • Maximum Sensitivity setting, 111–112
  • Maximum Sensitivity with Flash setting, 112
  • Minimum Shutter Speed setting, 112
  • overview, 132
• Auto FP (high-speed flash), 132
• Auto ISO Sensitivity Control option, 111
• Auto Mode Exposure Compensation option, 180
• Auto Shooting mode, 54
  • shooting photos in, 45–49, 182
  • shooting video in, 207
  • shutters in, 94–95
• Auto-area AF (animals) mode, 143–145
• Auto-area AF (people) mode, 143–145
• autoexposure (AE) lock, 126
• Autofocus section, Custom Settings menu, 154–156
• autofocusing. See also AF-area mode
  • basics, 41–42, 139–140
  • interrupting, 153
  • Low-light AF option, 155–156
  • selecting customization options, 284
  • still photography, 192–193
  • video recording, 205–206, 222
• Automatic Display Switch setting, 28

B

• B (Bulb) shutter speed, 107–108
• Backup Destination tab, Nikon NX Studio software, 267
• barrel distortion, eliminating, 163
• battery, installing, 9
• battery, removing, 9
• battery-status symbol, 30
• Beep Options setting, 43
• bit depth, 71
• bit rate, 211–212

• “blinkies” mode (Highlight playback display mode), 248

• blocked shadows, 97
• blown highlights, 248
• Blue Creative Picture Control setting, 183
• Bluetooth wireless features, 306–309, 318
• bounce flash, 193
• bracketing
  • basics, 133
  • choosing bracketing settings, 134
  • defined, 199
  • shooting a bracketed series, 134–135
  • white-balance bracketing, 180
• Bracketing Order option, 136
• brightness and color, adjusting, 35–36
• Brightness histogram
  • displaying and reading, 96–97
  • interpreting, 249
• buffer, 60
• Built-In AF-Assist Illuminator option, 156
• Bulb (B) shutter speed, 107–108
• burst-mode shooting, 13, 60, 196
• buttons, customizing, 282–283

C

• Calendar view playback, 239–240
• camera malfunction warning, 32
• camera shake, 76
• Card-access light, 16
• Center-Weighted Area option, 101
• center-weighted metering, 101–102
• CH (Continuous High) Release mode, 59
• Change Main/Sub option, 284
• Choose Image Area option, 75–76
• CL (Continuous Low) Release mode, 58
• CL Mode Shooting Speed option, 58
• clipped highlights, 248
• clipping, 97
• clock reset needed symbol, 32
• close-up photography, 200–202
• Cloudy White Balance setting, 170
• color
  • basics, 165
  • correcting with White Balance features, 165–179
  • effect of Picture Control settings on, 181–185
  • modifying with Retouch menu filters, 295–296
  • sRGB color space, 180–181
• color shift marker, 172
• Color Space option, 180–181
• color temperature, 165
• command dials, customizing, 283–284
• comments, adding hidden, 300–301
• Conformity Marking option, 44
• Connect to Smart Device option, 310
• Continuous High (CH) Release mode, 59
• Continuous High Extended Release mode, 59
• Continuous Low (CL) Release mode, 58
• continuous shooting (burst mode), 13, 60, 196
• Control panel, 18
• convergence, correcting, 294
• Copyright Information option, 300–301
• Count-up method setting, 224
• Creative Picture Control option, 183
• crop factor, lens focal length and, 40
• cropping photos, 242, 295–296
• Custom Control option (for video), 285
• Custom Controls (Playback) option, 282
• Custom Controls (Shooting) option, 282, 283
• Custom Settings menu
  • Autofocus section, 154–156
  • Controls section, 282–283
  • restoring default settings, 45
  • selecting options from, 23–25
  • Video section, 208–209
• Customize Command Dials option, 283
• Customize i Menu option, 277–278

D

• date, setting, 11
• decibels (dB), 11
• default settings, restoring, 45
• Delete button, Playback menu, 14, 259
• deleting photos and videos
  • deleting all files, 258–259
  • deleting files by date taken, 260
  • deleting selected files, 259–261
  • deleting single file, 258
  • overview, 257–258
• depth of field, 40, 162
  • aperture and, 84
  • close-up photography, 200–201
  • defined, 137, 159–160
  • effect of zooming on, 201
  • focus stacking, 303
  • portrait photography and, 190
• Diffraction Compensation setting, 223, 269–270
• diopter adjustment dial, 12, 19
• diopters, adding for close-up photos, 202
• Disable option, touchscreen, 23
• display modes, enabling and changing, 245
• displays
  • customizing, 33–36
  • magnifying, 36–37
  • Monitor mode, 28–30
  • photo-shooting data, 30–33
• Distortion Control tool, 293
• D-Lighting tool, 295
• downloading files to computer, 264–267
• downsamples, 273
• Drop Frame setting, 224
• DX Image Area setting, 65
• Dynamic-area AF Assist mode, 155
• Dynamic-area autofocusing, 148–149, 152

E

• Easy Exposure Compensation option, 117
• Edit comment option, 179
• Edit Video option, 229
• editing photos
  • Nikon NX Studio software, 261–263, 265–267
  • Retouch tools, 288–296
• Electronic Front-Curtain shutter option, 93–94
• Electronic shutter, 92, 94
• Electronic VR for video recording, 222
• Enable option, touchscreen, 23
• Energy Saving (Photo Mode) option, 44
• EXE setting, 269
• exposure. See also aperture; Metering mode setting; shutter speed
  • autoexposure lock, 126
  • basic concepts, 81–89
  • checking exposure meter, 98–100
  • correcting exposure problems, 114–125
  • displaying Brightness histogram, 96–97
  • finding right balance, 88–89
  • High ISO Noise Reduction filter, 113
  • ISO, 82–83, 87–88, 110–113
  • Live Preview option, 95–96
  • Long Exposure NR filter, 113
  • M mode, 90–91
  • A mode, 90, 91, 108–109
  • P mode, 90, 91, 109–110
  • S mode, 90, 109
  • shutter speed, 82–83, 85–86, 104–107
• Exposure Comp. for Flash setting, 118
• Exposure Compensation, 46
  • basics, 114–118
  • C Exposure Compensation dial setting, 117
  • enabling in Auto mode, 114
  • in M (manual) Shooting mode, 219
• Exposure Compensation dial, 19, 46, 117
• Exposure Data playback display mode, 244, 247
• Exposure Delay mode, 298
• exposure meter, 98–100
• exposure metering. See Metering Mode setting
• exposure modes. See Shooting mode
• Extended Shutter Speeds (M) option, 106
• Eye sensor, 12, 14
• eye-detection focus box, 47

F

• File Information playback display mode, 244, 245–247
• File Naming option, 221
• File Number Sequence option, 281–282
• filenames, 246, 279–280
• Fill Flash mode, 127
• Fine-Tune Optimal Exposure option, 100
• Firmware Version option, 44
• first-curtain sync flash, 92
• FL (Flat) Picture Control option, 183
• Flash Compensation option, 130–131
• Flash Control option, 131
• flash hot shoe, 18
• Flash mode
  • Fill Flash mode, 127
  • Rear-Curtain Sync mode, 128–129
  • Red-Eye Reduction mode, 127
  • Slow Sync mode, 127
  • Slow Sync with Red-Eye Reduction mode, 127
  • viewing and adjusting, 129–130
• flash photography
  • Auto ISO preferences, 132
  • basics, 126–127
  • bounce flash, 193
  • close-up photography, 201
  • flash bracketing, 118, 133
  • FV Lock, 131–132
  • high-speed flash (Auto FP), 132
  • metering mode and, 126
  • modifying flash strength, 130
  • portraits, 191–193
  • shutter speed and flash, 132
  • understanding the Flash mode setting, 127–130
  • using flash outdoors, 201
• Flash Shutter Speed option, 132
• Flash Sync Speed option, 132
• Flash Value Lock (FV Lock), 131–132
• Flat (FL) Picture Control option, 183
• Flicker Reduction setting, 223
• Fluorescent White Balance setting, 170
• Fn (Function) button, 20, 168–169, 175, 177
• focal length, 40, 161
• focal length indicator on lens, 11–12, 40
• focal length multiplier, lens focal length and, 40
• Focal plane mark, 19
• focus, 137, 139. See also autofocusing; Focus mode; manual focusing
• Focus Mode
  • AF-A mode, 141–142
  • AF-C mode, 141–142
  • AF-S mode, 141–143, 153
  • basics, 140–141
  • MF mode, 157
  • video recording, 221
• Focus Peaking option, 158–159
• Focus Point Options, 155
• Focus Point Options setting, 155
• Focus Point Wrap-Around option, 155
• focus points
  • AF-area mode and, 154–156
  • displaying, 261–262
  • Dynamic-area AF Assist mode, 155
  • Manual Focus Mode, 155
  • selecting, 155
  • setting number of available points, 139
  • Store Points by Orientation option, 154
  • viewing during playback, 244, 247
• Focus Points Used option, 154
• Focus Shift Shooting option, 303
• focus stacking, 303
• Focus Tracking with Lock-On option, 153
• focusing. See autofocusing; manual focusing
• folders
  • checking name of current folder, 235
  • choosing folder to view during playback, 235
  • creating new folders, 280
  • viewing folder name during playback, 235
• fps. See frames per second
• Frame rate/Frame size option, 210–213
• frames per second (fps)
  • for burst-mode photography, 58–59
  • for video recording, 210–211
• Framing Grid Display option, 35
• Frequency Response option, 217
• f-stop value. See aperture
• FTZ adapter (Z-mount lens adapter), 8, 38–39
• full-frame cameras, 40–41
• Function (Fn) button, 20, 168–169, 175, 177
• FV Lock (Flash Value Lock), 131–132

G

• graduated neutral-density filter, 198–199
• gray card, 173
• gridlines, displaying on viewfinder, 35

H

• HDMI, 286
• HDMI connector, 20
• HDR (high dynamic range) photography, 121–125
• HDTV, connecting camera to, 20
• heat warning, 31–32
• Helicon Focus, 303
• Help feature, 16
• help screens, displaying, 16
• high dynamic range (HDR) photography, 121–125
• High ISO NR option, 113, 269
• Highlight Display option (video), 220
• Highlight playback display mode (“blinkies” mode), 248
• highlight-weighted metering, 101–102
• high-speed flash (Auto FP flash), 132
• Histogram display, 33–34
• histograms
  • reading Brightness histogram, 96–97, 249
  • reading RGB histogram, 250
• horizon, leveling, 35
• hot shoe, 18

I

• i button, 16
• i menu
  • accessing Rating feature from, 254
  • adjusting image quality and size with, 74–75
  • choosing items from, 27
  • customizing, 26, 28, 277–278
  • displaying, 27
  • modifying Picture Control setting with, 185
  • setting microphone sensitivity, 217
  • White Balance setting and, 168, 177
• image area, selecting, 75–76. See also Choose Image Area option
• Image Comment option, 300–301
• Image Dust-Off Reference Photo, 303
• Image Overlay option, 302
• Image Quality option
  • adjusting, 73–74
  • defined, 68–69
  • JPEG files, 69–70, 73
  • Raw + JPEG option, 72–73
  • Raw files, 70–72
• Image Review option, 236–237
• image sensor, 40, 75
• Image Size option, 270–271. See also resolution
  • changing setting, 73–74
  • file size, 66
  • pixels, 64–65
  • print size, 66
  • screen display size and, 66
  • selecting, 64–68
• Incandescent White Balance setting, 170
• Information display option, 34
• Interval Timer Shooting, 298–299
• ISO
  • basics, 82–83
  • effect on noise, 113
  • image noise, 87–88
  • selecting ISO settings, 110
  • using Auto ISO features, 111–113
• ISO dial, 18
• ISO Sensitivity Settings option, 113, 219

J

• JPEG file format, 69–70, 73

K

• K White Balance setting, 170–171, 173
• Kelvin scale, 165, 173

L

• Landscape (LS) Picture Control option, 183
• landscape photography, 197–200
• language, setting, 11
• lens
  • adjusting, 10
  • anti-shake feature, 42
  • attaching, 9
  • autofocusing, 41–42
  • auto/manual focusing switch, 17
  • checking lens compatibility, 39
  • common lens features, 38–42
  • crop factor, 40
  • depth of field, 40
  • detaching, 41
  • focal length, 40, 161, 190–191
  • focal length indicator, 40
  • FTZ adapter, 8, 38–39
  • full-frame cameras, 40–41
  • image sensor, 40
  • macro lens, 202
  • manual focus ring, 42, 142, 156
  • manual focusing, 41–42
  • non-CPU lens data, 43
  • retractable lens, 11–12
  • telephoto lens, 40
  • wide angle lens, 40
  • Z-mount, 8
  • zoom lens, 39–40
• lens distortion, correcting, 163
• lens focusing ring, 42, 142, 156–158
• lens-connection warning, 32
• Lens-release button, 20
• Limit AF-area Mode Selection option, 155
• Limit Monitor Mode Selection option, 29
• Live Preview option, 95–96
• Location Data option, 244–245
• Long Exposure NR filter, 113
• Low-light AF option, 155–156
• LS (Landscape) Picture Control option, 183

M

• M (Extended Shutter Speeds) option, 106
• M Shooting mode. See manual Shooting mode
• macro lens, for close-up photography, 202
• magic hours, 198–199
• magnifying (zooming), 36–37
• magnifying images, 239–242
• Main command dial, 15, 168–169, 177
• Manage Picture Control option, 185
• manual (M) Shooting mode
  • adjusting settings in, 107–108
  • changing f-stop in, 107
  • changing shutter speed in, 57, 107
  • checking exposure guides in, 55, 98
  • exposure, 90–91
  • using Bulb shutter speed in, 107–108
  • using Time shutter speed in, 108
• Manual Focus Mode, 155
• Manual Focus Ring in AF Mode option, 156
• manual focusing, 41–42, 157–159
• Matrix Metering option (Custom Setting menu), 101–102, 218
• Maximum Shots Per Burst option, 60
• MC (Monochrome) Picture Control option, 182–183
• Mechanical shutter, 92, 93
• megapixels, 64
• memory buffer, 60
• memory card reader, 264–265
• memory cards
  • buying, 13
  • card speeds, 13
  • formatting, 43, 256
  • handling, 8
  • installing, 9
  • locking, 8
  • removing, 9
  • SD card, 8
  • SDHC, 13
  • SDXC card, 8
  • storage capacity, 13
• memory-card access light, 206
• memory-card warnings, 32
• Menu button, 16
• menus. See also i menu
  • creating custom menu, 25
  • Custom Settings menu, 23–25
  • displaying and selecting options from, 24
  • My Menu/Recent Settings, switching between, 25
  • navigating, 23–25
• metadata, 263
• Metering mode setting
  • basics, 101
  • center-weighted mode, 101–102
  • highlight-weighted mode, 101–102
  • matrix mode, 101–102
  • spot mode, 101–102
  • viewing and changing, 103
• microphone, 19. See also audio recording
  • attaching external microphone, 215
  • setting microphone sensitivity, 216–217
• microphone jack, 21
• Microphone Sensitivity option, 216
• mired, defined, 172
• ML-L7 (Wireless Remote) Options setting, 60
• monitor. See also displays
  • adjusting position, 35
  • Automatic Display Switch setting, 28
  • Monitor Brightness option, 35
  • Monitor Color Balance option, 35
  • Monitor Only setting, 28
  • Prioritize Viewfinder setting, 29
  • toggling between settings, 29
  • Viewfinder Only setting, 28
• Monitor mode, 28–29
• Monitor mode button, 14
• Monitor Only setting, 28
• Monochrome (MC) Picture Control option, 182–183
• Monochrome tool, 295
• motion blur, shutter speed and, 85–86
• MOV video format, 209
• MP4 video format, 209
• Multi Selector, 11
• Multi Selector (OK button), 16
• Multiple Exposure mode, 301
• My Menu, 25, 278–279

N

• NEF (Nikon Electronic Format). See Image Quality option
• NEF (Raw) processing, 267–270
• Neutral (NL) Picture Control option, 182
• neutral density filter, 198
• Nikon Image Space, uploading files to, 305
• Nikon NX Studio software
  • Backup Destination tab, 267
  • Nikon Transfer 2 tool, 261, 265
  • overview, 261–263
  • Preferences tab, 267
  • Primary Destination tab, 266
  • Source tab, 266
• Nikon SnapBridge app
  • basics, 2, 264
  • Bluetooth connection, 306–309
  • connecting camera to device, 264
  • downloading files to smart device, 312–315
  • setting app preferences, 311–312
  • transferring files to device, 265–267
  • transferring files to smart device, 305
  • uploading files to Nikon Image Space, 305
  • using remote control features, 60
  • using smart device as wireless remote, 305, 316–319
  • viewing downloaded files in, 315–316
  • Wi-Fi connection, 309–311
• Nikon Transfer 2 tool, 261, 265
• NL (Neutral) Picture Control option, 182
• noise, 87–88, 113
• Non-CPU Lens Data option, 43
• None (Picture Only) option, 227
• NTSC video standard, 211

O

• Off setting, Touch Shutter, 38
• OK (Subject-tracking) symbol, 31
• OK button, 11, 16
• On/Off switch and shutter button, 18
• Overlay Pictures option, 287, 288
• Overview playback display mode, 251–252

P

• P mode. See programmed autoexposure mode
• Perspective Control tool, 294
• Photo Shooting menu, 74, 168
• photos, taking in Video mode, 214–215
• photo-shooting data
  • battery-status symbol, 30
  • camera malfunction warning, 32
  • clock reset needed symbol, 32
  • heat warning, 31–32
  • lens-connection warning, 32
  • memory-card warnings, 32
  • OK symbol, 31
  • shots-remaining value, 30–31
  • Subject-tracking AF, 31
• Photo/Video selector switch, 18
• Picture Control settings
  • Auto Picture Control option, 182
  • Creative Picture Control option, 183
  • customizing, 184–185
  • Flat Picture Control option, 183
  • Landscape Picture Control option, 183
  • Monochrome Picture Control option, 182–183
  • Neutral Picture Control option, 182
  • Portrait Picture Control option, 183
  • sharpening, 181
  • Standard Picture Control option, 182
  • video recording, 223
  • Vivid Picture Control option, 182
• Picture Review option, 51, 236–237, 285
• pinch gesture, 22
• pincushion distortion, correcting, 163
• Pinpoint mode, 146–147, 150
• pixel dimensions, 64
• Pixel Mapping option, 304
• pixels, 64–65, 66
• pixels per inch (PPI), 66
• playback
  • basics of picture and video playback, 233–234
  • Calendar view, 239–240
  • choosing which images to view, 235–236
  • customizing playback controls, 236–237
  • display modes, enabling and changing, 245
  • displaying focus point, 244, 247, 261–262
  • Exposure Data mode, 244, 247
  • File Information mode, 244, 245–247
  • Highlight display mode, 248
  • interpreting Brightness histogram, 249
  • interpreting RGB histogram, 249–250
  • magnifying images, 239–240
  • Overview mode, 251–252
  • Picture (Image) Review option, 236–237
  • Playback Folder option, 235
  • RGB Histogram mode, 248–250
  • rotating vertical images, 237–238
  • Shooting Data mode, 250–251
  • shutoff timing, adjusting, 236–237
  • Thumbnail view, 238–239
  • viewing picture data, 243–252
• Playback button, 14
• Playback Display Options setting, 227, 245
• Playback Folder option, 235
• Playback menu, rating files from, 255–256
• Playback Only option, 23
• Portrait (PT) Picture Control option, 183
• portrait photography, 189–194
  • depth of field, 190
  • Flash mode, 191–193
  • lens focal length and, 190–191
  • lighting, 191–193
• Position Focus Point setting, 138
  • Touch Shutter, 38
• Power Off Delay option, 100, 236–237, 285
• PPI (pixels per inch), 66
• PRE (Preset Manual) White Balance setting
  • based on photo, 176
  • creating with direct measurement, 173–175
  • editing, 178–179
  • selecting, 177–178
• Preferences tab, Nikon NX Studio software, 267
• Primary Destination tab, Nikon NX Studio software, 266
• print quality, resolution requirements, 66
• Prioritize Viewfinder setting, 29
• programmed autoexposure (P) mode
  • basics, 55–56, 90, 91
  • changing settings in, 109–110
• progressive video, 213
• Protect feature, 179, 256–257, 261. See also AE-L/AF-L/Protect button
• PT (Portrait) Picture Control option, 183

R

• rating photos and videos, 254–256
• Raw (NEF) processing, 262–263, 267–270
• Raw + JPEG option, 72–73
• Raw bit depth, 71
• Raw files, 70–72. See also Image Quality option
• RAW Recording (bit depth) option, 72, 74
• Rear-Curtain Sync Flash mode, 128–129
• Recent Settings menu, 25, 278
• Record button, 19
• Record Timecodes setting, 223
• Red-Eye Correction tool, 291–292
• red-eye in flash pictures, 127, 289, 291
• Red-Eye Reduction Flash mode, 19–20, 127, 193
• Release Button to Use Dial setting, 284
• Release mode
  • action photography, 196
  • changing, 61–62
  • Continuous High, 59
  • Continuous High Extended, 59
  • Continuous Low, 58
  • overview, 57
  • selecting, 60–61
  • Self-Timer, 19–20, 59
  • Single Frame (S), 58
• Release Mode (Save Frame) option, 215
• Reset All Settings option, 45
• Reset Custom Shooting Menu option, 45
• Reset Photo Shooting Menu option, 45
• Reset Video Recording Menu option, 45, 204
• Resize tool, 271–273
• resolution
  • defined, 64
  • effect on file size, 66–67
  • effect on print quality, 66
  • megapixels, 64
  • recommended settings for photos, 68
  • setting picture resolution (Image Size option), 64–65, 270–271
  • setting video resolution (Frame Size/Frame Rate option), 212–213
• Retouch tools
  • accessing, 288–289
  • applying, 290
  • comparing before-and-after views, 290–291
  • Distortion Control tool, 293
  • D-Lighting tool, 295
  • Monochrome tool, 295
  • Overlay Pictures tool, 287, 288
  • Perspective Control tool, 294
  • Raw processing tools, 262–263
  • Red-Eye Correction tool, 291–292
  • Resize tool, 271–273
  • Straighten tool, 292–293
  • symbols displayed during playback, 290
  • Trim tool, 295–296
  • Trim Video tool, 228
• retractable lens, 11–12
• Reverse Indicators option, 100
• RGB Histogram playback display mode, 248–250
• Rotate Tall option, 237
• rotating images during playback, 237–238

S

• S mode. See shutter-priority autoexposure mode
• Save/Load settings, 298
• saving video frame as still image, 228
• screening videos, 225–227
• SD (Secure Digital) memory card, 8
• SD (Standard) Picture Control option, 182
• SD Speed Class rating, 13
• SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card, 13
• SDXC (Secure Digital eXtended Capacity) memory card, 8
• Select for Upload to Smart Device option, 314
• Select Picture option, 179
• Self-Portrait mode, 13, 49–51, 206
• Self-Timer option (Custom Setting menu), 50
• Self-timer Release mode, 19–20, 59
• sepia effect, adding, 295
• Set Picture Control option, 207, 223, 269
• Shade White Balance setting, 170
• sharpening, 181
• Shooting Data playback display mode, 250–251
• Shooting mode
  • Auto Mode, 45–49, 54
  • defined, 17
  • exposure mode, 17
  • M mode, 55, 57
  • A mode, 55, 57
  • P mode, 55–56
  • Release mode, 57–62
  • S mode, 55, 56
  • selecting, 54–57
  • Self-Portrait mode, 13, 49–51
• Shooting mode selector switch, 17
• shots-remaining value, 30–31
• shutoff timing, adjusting, 236–237, 285
• shutter, 91–95. See also exposure
  • in Auto mode, 94–95
  • Electronic Front-Curtain shutter option, 93–94
  • Electronic shutter option, 92, 94
  • Mechanical shutter option, 92, 93
  • overview, 91–92
  • Shutter Type setting, 61, 64
  • Silent Photography mode, 62–64
  • slow-shutter blur, 139
• Shutter button, 18, 285
• shutter release options. See Release mode
• shutter shock, 92
• shutter speed
  • adjusting, 104–107
  • defined, 18
  • effect on exposure, 83
  • effect on motion blur, 85–86
  • flash and, 132
  • overview, 82–83
  • selecting in M and S exposure modes, 56–57, 107
  • viewing current setting, 104
• Shutter Speed dial, 18
• shutter-priority autoexposure (S) mode
  • basics, 55, 90
  • changing settings in, 109
  • setting shutter speed in, 56
• Shutter-release Button AE-L option, 285
• Side-by-Side Comparison option, 290
• Silent Photography mode, 62–64
• Single AF Focus mode, 141–143
• Single-point AF-area mode (AF-S), 141–143, 147, 150, 153
• Slide Show feature, 301
• Slot Empty Release Lock option, 44
• Slow Sync mode, 127
• Slow Sync with Red-Eye Reduction mode, 127
• slow-shutter blur, 139
• smart device
  • downloading files to, 312–315
  • transferring files to, 305
  • using as wireless remote, 305, 316–319
• SnapBridge. See Nikon SnapBridge app
• speakers, 17
• spot metering, 101–102, 149
• sRGB color space, 180–181
• Standard (SD) Picture Control option, 182
• Standby Timer option, 44
• still photography, 189–194
• stops, 83. See also aperture
• Storage Folder option, 280–281
• Store Points by Orientation option, 154
• Straighten tool, 292–293
• stretch gesture, 22
• Sub-command dial, 19
• subject tracking, 31, 144, 145, 152–154

T

• T (Time) shutter speed, 108
• telephoto lenses, 40
• text entry on keyboard screens, 179
• through the lens (TTL) mode, 131
• Thumbnail display, 238–239
• Time (T) shutter speed, 108
• time, setting, 11
• Time Zone and Date option, 32
• time zone, setting, 11
• Timecode option, 223–224
• Timecode origin setting, 224
• time-lapse photography, 298–299
• Time-Lapse Video feature, 299–300
• tonal range, 97, 118
• Touch Controls option, 22–23, 234
• Touch Shutter
  • Off setting, 38
  • overview, 37–38
  • Position Focus Point setting, 38, 138
  • Touch AF setting, 38, 138
  • Touch Shutter/Touch AF setting, 38
• touchscreen
  • basics, 21–22
  • Beep Options setting, 43
  • disabling, 23
  • enabling, 23
  • pinch gesture, 22
  • Playback Only option, 23
  • setting focus by tapping, 138
  • stretch gesture, 22
• Trim tool, 295–296
• Trim Video tool, 228
• trimming videos, 227–228
• TTL (through the lens) mode, 131

U

• UHD (Ultra High Definition) video, 203, 210
• UHS (Ultra Health Speed) memory cards, 13
• upsampling, 66
• USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, 21, 264
• USB Power Delivery option, 21

V

• vertical images, rotating, 237–238
• VI (Vivid) Picture Control setting, 182
• Vibration Reduction (VR), 76–78, 222
• Video File Type option, 209
• video playback. See playback
• Video Quality option, 213–214
• video record button, 162
• video recording
  • adjusting video settings, 207–208
  • AF Speed option, 221–222
  • AF Tracking Sensitivity feature, 222
  • AF-area mode, 221–222
  • basic recording steps, 204–206
  • bit rate, 211–212
  • exposure settings, 218–221
  • Frame rate option, 210–213
  • Frame size option, 210, 212–213
  • Highlight display mode, 220
  • MOV format, 209
  • MP4 format, 209
  • overview, 203–204
  • recording audio, 215–218
  • reviewing other options, 221–224
  • saving video frame as still image, 228
  • screening videos, 225–227
  • Self Portrait mode, 206
  • trimming videos, 227–228
  • Video File Type option, 209
  • Video Quality setting, 213–214
• Video Recording menu, 168, 217
• viewfinder
  • adjusting to eyesight, 12, 159
  • customizing display, 33
  • displaying Brightness histogram, 35
  • displaying grid, 35
  • displaying virtual horizon, 35
  • eye sensor, 12, 14, 28, 29
  • viewing battery status, 30
  • viewing shots-remaining value, 30
• Viewfinder Brightness setting, 35
• Viewfinder Color Balance setting, 35
• Viewfinder Only setting, 28
• viewing photos and videos. See playback
• viewing picture data. See playback
• Vignette Control option, 269
• vignetting, 125
• Virtual Horizon display, 35
• Vivid (VI) Picture Control setting, 182
• VR (Vibration Reduction), 76–78, 222

W

• White Balance setting
  • basics, 165–167
  • bracketing white balance, 180
  • changing, 167–171
  • color temperature, 165
  • custom presets, 173–179
  • fine-tuning, 171–173
  • RGB Histogram mode, 250
  • video colors, 222–223
• whole-frame metering. See Matrix Metering option
• wide angle lenses, 40
• Wide-area AF (L), 148, 151
• Wide-area AF (L-animals), 148
• Wide-area AF (L-people), 148
• Wide-area AF (S), 147, 151
• Wi-Fi connection, 309–311
• wind filter, 218
• Wind Noise Reduction option, 218
• wireless features. See Nikon SnapBridge app
• wireless remote control, 60
• Wireless Remote (ML-L7) Options setting, 60
• Wireless Transmitter Utility software, 264. See also Nikon SnapBridge app

Y

• yellow face-detection focus box, 47

Z

• zebra warning, 220
• Z-mount lens adapter (FTZ adapter), 8, 38–39
• Z-mount lenses, 8
• zoom barrel, 11–12
• Zoom In button, 16, 240–242
• zoom lenses, 39–40
• Zoom Out button, 16, 36–37, 239–242
• zooming to affect depth of field, 201