Nikon Camera D3300 Reference Manual

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B The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Reduce flicker and banding when shooting under fluorescent or 
mercury-vapor lighting during live view (
0142) or movie 
recording ( 0155).
 Choose  Auto to allow the camera to 
automatically choose the correct frequency, or manually match 
the frequency to that of the local AC power supply.
Flicker Reduction
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
AFlicker Reduction
If  Auto  fails to produce the desired results and you are unsure as to the 
frequency of the local power supply, test...

242BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Change time zones, set the camera 
clock, choose the date display order, 
and turn daylight saving time on or off.
Time Zone and Date
G
 button ➜Bsetup menu
Option
Description
Time zone Choose a time zone. The 
camera clock is 
automatically set to the time 
in the new time zone.
Date and time Set the camera clock (
018).
Date format Choose the order in which 
the day, month, and year are 
displayed.
Daylight 
saving time Turn daylight saving time on 
or off.
 The camera...

243
B The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Choose a language for camera menus and messages.
Photographs taken while 
On is selected contain information on 
camera orientation, allowing them to be rotated automatically 
during playback or when viewed in ViewNX 2 or Capture NX 2 
(available separately).
 The following orientations are recorded:
Camera orientation is not recorded when  Off is selected.
 
Choose this option when panning or taking photographs with 
the lens pointing up or down.Language
G  button...

244BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Add a comment to new photographs as they are taken.
 
Comments can be viewed as metada
ta in ViewNX 2 (supplied) or 
Capture NX 2 (available separately;  0307).
 The comment is also 
visible on the shooting data page in the photo information 
display ( 0177).
 The following options are available:
• Input comment : Input a comment as described below.
 
Comments can be up to 36 characters long.
• Attach comment : Select this option to 
attach the comment to all subsequent...

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B The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
This option determines how long the monitor remains on if no 
operations are performed during menu display and playback 
(
Playback/menus ), while photographs are displayed in the 
monitor after shooting ( Image review), and during live view 
( Live view ), and how long the standby timer, viewfinder, and 
information display remain on when no operations are 
performed ( Standby timer ).
 Choose shorter auto-off delays to 
reduce the drain on the battery.
Auto off...

246BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Choose the length of the shutter release 
delay and the number of shots taken.
•
Self-timer delay : Choose the length of 
the shutter-release delay.
• Number of shots : Press 1 and  3 to 
choose the number of shots taken 
each time the shutter-release button is 
pressed (from 1 to 9; if a value other 
than 1 is selected, shots will be taken 
at intervals of about 4 seconds).
Self-Timer
G  button ➜Bsetup menu 

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B The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Choose how long the camera will wait for 
a signal from the optional ML-L3 remote 
control before cancelling remote release 
mode.
 Choose shorter times for longer 
battery life.
 This setting applies only 
during viewfinder photography.
Choose the pitch ( High or Low ) of the beep that sounds when 
the camera focuses and in self-timer and remote-control modes.
 
Select  Off to prevent the beep from sounding.
The current setting is shown in the 
information display:  3...

248BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
Choose 
On to use the exposure indicator to determine whether 
the camera is correctly focused in manual focus mode ( 083; 
note that this function is not available in shooting mode  M, when 
the exposure indicator instead shows whether the subject is 
correctly exposed).
Rangefinder
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
Indicator
Description
Subject in focus.
Focus point is slightly in front of subject.
Focus point is well in front of subject.
Focus point is slightly behind subject....

249
B The Setup Menu: Camera Setup
When a photograph is taken, the camera names the file by 
adding 1 to the last file number used.
 This option controls 
whether file numbering continues from the last number used 
when a new folder is created, the memor y card is formatted, or a 
new memory card is inserted in the camera.
File Number Sequence
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
Option
Description
On When a new folder is created, the memory card formatted, or 
a new memory card inserted in the camera, file numbering...

250BThe Setup Menu: Camera Setup
A
File Names
Photographs are stored as image files with names of the form 
“DSC_ nnnn.xxx ,” where  nnnn is a four-digit number between 0001 and 
9999 assigned automatically in ascending order by the camera, and 
xxx  is one of the following three-letter extensions: “NEF” for NEF (RAW ) 
images, “JPG” for JPEG images, or “MOV” for movies. The NEF and JPEG 
files recorded at a setting of NEF (RAW )+JPEG have the same file names 
but different extensions. Copies created...