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 both options and choose the 
one that produces the best results.
 Flicker reduction may not produce 
the desired results if the subject is  very bright, in which case you 
should select mode  A or  M and choose a smaller aperture (higher 
f-number) before starting live view. Note that flicker reduction is not 
available when  On is selected for  Movie settings  > Manual movie 
settings  (0 159) in mode  M. 
						

							
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 clock will 
automatically be advanced 
or set back one hour. 
						

							
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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 ➜Bsetup menu
Auto Image Rotation
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
Landscape (wide) 
orientation Camera rotated 90° 
clockwise Camera rotated 90° 
counterclockwiseARotate Tall
To automatically rotate “tall” (portrait-orientation) photographs for 
display during playback, select  On for the  Rotate tall  option in the 
playback menu ( 0221). 
						

							
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 
photographs.
 Attach comment  can 
be turned on and off by highlighting it 
and pressing  2. After choosing the 
desired setting, press  J to exit.
Image Comment
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
AText  E ntr y
The dialog at right is displayed when text 
entry is required. Use the multi selector to 
highlight the desired character in the 
keyboard area and press  J to insert the 
highlighted character at the current cursor 
position (note that if a character is entered 
when the field is full, the last character in the 
field will be deleted).  To delete the character 
under the cursor, press the  O button. To 
move the cursor to a new position, rotate the 
command dial. To complete entry and return 
to the previous menu, press  X. To exit without completing text entry, 
press  G.
Keyboard area
Te x t  d i s p l a y  a r e a 
						

							
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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 Timers
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
Option
Description (all times are approximate)
C Short
D Normal
E Long Auto off timers are set to the following values:Playback/
menus
Image 
review
Live view
Standby  timer
Short 20 s 4 s 5 min. 4 sNormal1min. 4s 10min. 8sLong5min. 20s 20min. 1min.
F Custom Choose separate delays for 
Playback/menus, Image 
review , Live view , and Standby timer .
 When settings 
are complete, press  J.
AAuto off Timers
The monitor and viewfinder will not turn off automatically when the 
camera is connected to a computer or printer via USB. 
						

							
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 is displayed when 
the beep is on,  2 when it is off.Remote on Duration (ML-L3)
G  button ➜Bsetup menu
Beep
G  button ➜Bsetup menu 
						

							
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.
Focus point is well behind subject.
Camera can not determine correct focus.
AUsing the Electronic Rangefinder
The electronic rangefinder requires a lens with a maximum aperture of 
f/5.6 or faster.
 The desired results may not be achieved in situations in 
which the camera would be unable to focus using autofocus ( 076).
 
The electronic rangefinder is not available during live view. 
						

							
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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 
continues from the last number used.
 If a photograph is 
taken when the current folder contains a photograph 
numbered 9999, a new folder will be created automatically 
and file numbering will begin again from 0001.
Off File numbering is reset to 0001 when a new folder is created, 
the memory card is formatted, or a new memory card is 
inserted in the camera.
 Note that a new folder is created 
automatically if a photograph is taken when the current 
folder contains 999 photographs.
Reset Resets the file numbering for 
On to 0001 and creates a new 
folder with the next photograph taken.
DFile Number Sequence
If the current folder is numbered 999 and contains either 999 
photographs or a photograph numb ered 9999, the shutter-release 
button will be disabled and no further photographs can be taken.
 
Choose  Reset for File number sequence  and then either format the 
current memory card or insert a new memory card. 
						

							
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 with image overlay ( 0272) 
and movie edit options ( 0164) have file names beginning with 
“DSC_” ; copies created with the  other options in the retouch menu 
have file names beginning with “CSC” (e.g., “CSC_0001.JPG”). Images 
recorded with the  Color space option in the shooting menu set to 
Adobe RGB  (0 225) have names that begin with an underscore (e.g., 
“_DSC0001.JPG”).