Nikon Camera D810 Users Manual

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Creating Custom Picture Controls
The preset Picture Controls supplied with the camera can be 
modified and saved as custom Picture Controls.
1Select Manage Picture Control .
Highlight  Manage Picture Control  
in the shooting menu and press 2.
2Select  Save/edit .
Highlight  Save/edit  and press  2.
3Select a Picture Control.
Highlight an existing Picture Control 
and press  2, or press  J to proceed to 
Step 5 to save a copy of the 
highlighted Picture Control without 
further modification.
4Edit the selected Picture Control.
See page 174 for more information.
 
To abandon any changes and start 
over from default settings, press the 
O  (Q ) button.
 Press  J when settings 
are complete. 
						

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5Select a destination.
Choose a destination for the custom 
Picture Control (C-1 through C-9) and 
press 2.
6Name the Picture Control.
The text-entry dialog shown at right 
will be displayed.
 By default, new 
Picture Controls are named by 
adding a two-digit number (assigned 
automatically) to the name of the 
existing Picture Control; to use the 
default name, proceed to Step 7.
 To  
move the cursor in the name area, 
hold the  W button and press  4 or  2.
 To enter a new letter 
at the current cursor position, use the multi selector to 
highlight the desired character in the keyboard area and 
press the center of the multi selector.
 To delete the character 
at the current cursor position, press the  O (Q ) button.
Custom Picture Control names can be up to nineteen 
characters long.
 Any characters after the nineteenth will be 
deleted.
Keyboard area
Name area 
						

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7Save changes and exit.
Press J to save changes and exit.
 
The new Picture Control will appear 
in the Picture Control list.
AManage Picture Control > Rename
Custom Picture Controls can be renamed at 
any time using the  Rename option in the 
Manage Picture Control  menu.
AManage Picture Control > Delete
The  Delete  option in the  Manage Picture 
Control  menu can be used to delete 
selected custom Picture Controls when 
they are no longer needed.
AThe Original Picture Control Icon
The original preset Picture Control on which 
the custom Picture Control is based is 
indicated by an icon in the top right corner 
of the edit display. J
 button
Original
Picture Control icon 
						

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Sharing Custom Picture Controls
Use the Load/save  option in the  Manage Picture Control  menu 
to copy custom Picture Controls to and from memory cards.
 
Custom Picture Controls can be created on a computer using 
Picture Control Utility 2, a utility launched from ViewNX 2 
(supplied) or Capture NX-D, then saved to a memory card and 
copied to the camera.
 Custom Picture Controls created on the 
camera can be copied to a memory card for use in other D810s.
 
Once the copies are no longer needed, they can be deleted 
using the  Delete from card  option.
To copy custom Picture Controls to or 
from the memory card, or to delete 
custom Picture Controls from the 
memory card, highlight  Load/Save in 
the  Manage Picture Control  menu and 
press 2.
 The following options will be 
displayed:
• Copy to camera : Copy custom Picture Controls from the memory 
card to custom Picture Controls C-1 through C-9 on the camera 
and name them as desired.
• Delete from card : Delete selected custom 
Picture Controls from the memory 
card.
 The confirmation dialog shown 
at right will be displayed before a 
Picture Control is deleted; to delete the 
selected Picture Control, highlight  Ye s 
and press  J.
• Copy to card : Copy a custom Picture Control (C-1 through C-9) 
from the camera to a selected destination (1 through 99) on 
the memory card. 
						

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ASaving Custom Picture Controls
Up to 99 custom Picture Controls can be stored on the memor y card at 
any one time.
 The memory card can only be used to store user-created 
custom Picture Controls. The preset Picture Controls supplied with the 
camera ( 0170) can not be copied to the memory card, renamed, or 
deleted. 
						

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Active D-Lighting
Active D-Lighting preserves details in highlights and shadows, 
creating photographs with natural contrast.
 Use for high 
contrast scenes, for example when photographing brightly lit 
outdoor scenery through a door or  window or taking pictures of 
shaded subjects on a sunny day.
 It is most effective when used 
with matrix metering ( 0114).
Preserving Detail  in Highlights and 
Shadows
Active D-Lighting off Active D-Lighting:  YAuto
D“Active D-Lighting” versus “D-Lighting”
The  Active D-Lighting  option in the shooting menu adjusts exposure 
before shooting to optimize the dynamic range, while the  D-Lighting 
option in the retouch menu ( 0388) brightens shadows in images 
after shooting. 
						

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To use Active D-Lighting:
1Select Active D-Lighting .
Highlight  Active D-Lighting  in the 
shooting menu and press  2.
2Choose an option.
Highlight the desired option and 
press J.
 If Y Auto  is selected, the 
camera will automatically adjust 
Active D-Lighting according to 
shooting conditions (in exposure 
mode  h, however,  YAuto  is 
equivalent to  QNormal ).
DActive D-Lighting
Active D-Lighting can not be used with movies. Noise (randomly-
spaced bright pixels, fog, or lines) may appear in photographs taken 
with Active D-Lighting.
 With some subjects, you may notice uneven 
shading, shadows around bright objects, or halos around dark objects. Active D-Lighting can not be used at ISO sensitivities of Hi 0.3 or above.
ASee Also
When  ADL bracketing  is selected for Custom Setting e6 ( Auto 
bracketing set , 0 338), the camera varies Active D-Lighting over a 
series of shots ( 0143). 
						

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High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Used with high-contrast subjects, High  Dynamic  Range (HDR) 
preserves details in highlights and shadows by combining two 
shots taken at different exposures.
 HDR is most effective when 
used with matrix metering ( 0114; with spot or center-weighted 
metering and a non-CPU lens, an exposure differential of  Auto is 
equivalent to about 2 EV ).
 It can not be used to record NEF 
(RAW ) images.
 Movie recording ( 049), flash lighting, 
bracketing ( 0133), multiple exposure ( 0209), and time-lapse 
photography ( 0223) can not be used while HDR is in effect and 
shutter speeds of  A and & are not available.
1Select  HDR (high dynamic range) .
Highlight  HDR (high dynamic 
range)  in the shooting menu and 
press 2.
+
First exposure (darker) Second exposure 
(brighter)Combined HDR image 
						

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2Select a mode.
Highlight HDR mode  and press 2.
Highlight one of the following and 
press  J.
• To take a series of HDR photographs , 
select  0On (series) .
 HDR 
shooting will continue until you 
select  Off for  HDR mode .
• To take one HDR photograph , select On 
(single photo) .
 Normal shooting will resume automatically 
after you have created a single HDR photograph.
• To exit without creating additional HDR photographs , select Off.
If  On (series)  or On (single photo)  is 
selected, a  y icon will be displayed in 
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3Choose the exposure differential.
To choose the difference in exposure 
between the two shots, highlight 
Exposure differential and press 2.
The options shown at right will be 
displayed.
 Highlight an option and 
press  J.
 Choose higher values for 
high-contrast subjects, but note that 
choosing a value higher than 
required may not produce the 
desired results; if  Auto is selected, the 
camera will automatically adjust exposure to suit the scene.
4Choose the amount of smoothing.
To choose how much the boundaries 
between the two images are 
smoothed, highlight  Smoothing and 
press 2.
The options shown at right will be 
displayed.
 Highlight an option and 
press  J.
 Higher values produce a 
smoother composite image.
 Uneven 
shading may be visible with some 
subjects.