Nikon D200 User Manual

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The Setup Menu Setup
USB
Before connecting the camera to a com put er via USB ( 
107), select the appropriate USB option as determined by 
the computer operating system and whether the camera 
is being controlled from Nikon Capture 4 Version 4.4 or 
later (available separately) or photographs are being trans-
ferred to the computer using the supplied software:
Operating system Supplied softwareNikon Capture 4 Camera Control
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP ProfessionalChoose PTP or Mass 
Storage...

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3 With the lens ten centimeters (four inches) from a bright, featureless white 
object, frame the object so that nothing else is visible in the viewfi  nder and 
press the shutter-release button halfway.  In autofocus mode, focus will 
automatically be set to infi nity; in manual focus mode, set focus to infi nity 
manually before pressing the shutter-release button.  If using the aperture 
ring to set aperture, choose the minimum setting (largest f/-number).
4 Press the...

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The Setup Menu Setup
Battery Info
View information on the EN-EL3e rechargeable Li-ion bat-
tery currently inserted in the camera. 
Option Description
Bat. MeterCurrent battery level as a percentage.
Pic. MeterNumber of times shutter has been released with current battery since bat-
tery was last charged.  Note that camera may sometimes release shutter 
without recording photograph, for example when measuring value for 
preset white balance.
Charg. LifeFive-level display showing battery age.  0 (New)...

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Setup
The Shooting Menu
Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
The shooting menu contains the following options.  See “Using the Menus” ( 
24) for more information on using the menus.
Option
Shooting Menu Bank125–126
Menu Reset126
Folders128
File Naming129
Optimize Image129
Color Space129
Image Quality
  *129
Image Size  *130
JPEG Compression130
RAW Compression130
White Balance
  *130
Long Exp. NR131
High ISO NR131
ISO Sensitivity
  *132
Image Overlay132
Multiple Exposure132
Intvl Timer Shooting132...

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Setup
The Shooting Menu
Shooting Menu Bank
All shooting menu options are stored in one of four banks.  
Changes to settings in one bank have no eff ect on the oth-
ers.  To store a particular combination of frequently-used 
settings, select one of the four banks (the default bank is 
bank A) 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.  Diff erent 
combinations of...

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Setup
The Shooting Menu
3 The following dialog will be displayed.  Enter a name as described below.
Keyboard area: Use multi selector to highlight letters, press 
center of multi selector to select.
Name area: Name appears here.  To move cursor, press 
 but-
ton and use multi selector.
To delete the character at the current cursor position, press the  button.  To return 
to the shooting menu without changing the bank name, press the  button.
Bank names can be up to twenty characters long.  Any...

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Setup
The Shooting Menu
Menu Reset
To restore default settings for the current shooting menu 
bank (
 125), highlight Ye s and press the multi selector 
to the right (select No to exit without changing settings).  
The following settings are aff ected:
Option Default
File naming DSC
Optimize Image Normal
Color space sRGB
Image quality
  1JPEG Normal
Image size  1Large
JPEG compression Size Priority
RAW compression NEF (RAW )
White balance
  1Auto  2
Long Exp. NR Off 
High ISO NR On (Normal)
ISO...

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The Shooting Menu
Folders
Select the folder in which subsequent images will be 
stored.
Option Description
NewDialog shown at right will be displayed; press multi selec-
tor up or down to choose number for new folder.  Press 
multi selector to right to create new folder and return to 
shooting menu.  Subsequent photographs will be stored 
in new folder.
Select 
FolderList of existing folders will be displayed; press multi selec-
tor up or down to highlight folder, press to right to select 
and...

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The Shooting Menu
File Naming
Photographs are saved using fi le names consisting of 
“DSC_” or “_DSC” followed by a four-digit fi le number and 
a three-letter extension (e.g., “DSC_0001.JPG”).  The File 
Naming option is used to change the “DSC” portion of the 
fi le name.  Press the multi selector to the right to display 
the dialog shown below.
Keyboard area: Use multi selector to highlight letters, press center 
of multi selector to select.
Prefi x area: File name prefi x appears here.  To move...

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The Shooting Menu
White Balance
Nine options are available for white balance.  See “Refer-
ence: White Balance” (
 35).
Image Size
Image size can be selected from Large, Medium, and 
Small.  See “Reference: Image Quality and Size” (
 32).
JPEG Compression
Choose whether to compress JPEG images to a fi xed size 
or to vary fi le size for improved image quality.  See “Refer-
ence: Image Quality and Size” (
 30).
RAW Compression
Choose whether to compress NEF (RAW ) images.  See “Ref-
erence: Image...