Nikon D200 User Manual

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Introduction—First Steps
2 Insert the battery
2.1 After confi rming that the camera is off , open 
the battery chamber cover.
2.2 Insert a fully charged battery as shown at 
right.  Close the battery chamber cover.
The EN-EL3e shares information with compatible devices, enabling the battery charge 
state to be shown in six levels in the control panel and as a percentage in the setup 
menu Battery Info display (
 123), together with battery life and the number of pic-
tures taken since the battery was...

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Basic Setup
The language option in the setup menu is automatically highlighted the fi rst 
time menus are displayed.  Choose a language and set the time and date.
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Highlight World Time.
2
Display language menu.
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Display options.
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Highlight Time Zone.
8
Display map of world time zones.
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Select local time zone. *
* UTC fi eld shows time diff erence between selected time zone and Coordinated Universal 
Time (UTC), in hours.
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Return to WORLD TIME menu.
3
Select language.
4...

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Highlight Date. †
† If daylight saving time is in eff ect in local time zone, highlight Daylight Saving Time 
and press multi selector right.  Press multi selector down to highlight On and press multi 
selector right.  Time will automatically be advanced one hour.
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Display DATE menu.
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Return to WORLD TIME menu.
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Return to setup menu.
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Display options.
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Choose order in which date is displayed.
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Return to WORLD TIME menu.
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Highlight Date Format.
13Press multi...

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Inserting Memory Cards
Photographs are stored on CompactFlash memory cards (available separately).
1 Insert a memory card
1.1 Turn the camera off  before inserting or re-
moving memory cards.  Unlatch (

) and 
open (
) the memory card cover.
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2
1.2 Insert the card as shown at right.  The eject 
button will pop up and the memory card 
access lamp will light for about a second.  
Close the memory card slot cover.
2 Format the memory card
Formatting memory cards permanently...

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2 Turn the camera off  and open the memory card slot cover.
3 Press the eject button to partially eject the card (

).  The 
card can then be removed by hand (
).  Do not push on 
the memory card while pressing the eject button.  Failure 
to observe this precaution could damage the camera or 
memory card.
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 Illustrations
In illustrations throughout this manual, indicators in the control panel and viewfi nder rel-
evant to the explanation in the accompanying text are shown in...

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Adjusting Viewfi nder Focus
Photographs are framed in the viewfi nder.  Before shooting, make sure that the 
display in the viewfi nder is in clear focus.
1 Remove the lens cap and turn the camera on.
2 Rotate the diopter adjustment control until the 
focus brackets are displayed in sharp focus when 
the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.  
When operating the diopter adjustment control 
with your eye to the viewfi  nder, be careful not to 
put your fi ngers or fi ngernails...

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Tutorial—Basic Photography1.1 Remove the lens cap and turn the camera 
on.  The control panel will turn on and the 
display in the viewfi  nder will light.  The mon-
itor remains off  during shooting.
1.2 Check the battery level in the viewfi nder or 
control panel.
Control 
panelView-
fi nder Description
—Battery fully charged.
—Battery partially discharged.
Low battery.  Ready fully-charged 
spare battery.
(blinks)(blinks)Shutter-release disabled.  Change 
battery.
Battery level is not displayed when...

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Tutorial—Basic Photography
Control panel
Exposure 
mode
Image size
Image
quality
Focus areaWhite balance
Viewfi nder
ISO sensitivity
2.1 Press the mode-dial lock release (

) while 
turning the mode dial (
) to S (single 
frame).  At this setting, the camera will take 
one photograph each time the shutter-re-
lease button is pressed. 
2.2 Rotate the AF-area mode selector until it 
clicks into place pointing to 
 (single-area 
AF).  At this setting, the camera will focus on 
the subject in the focus...

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Tutorial—Basic Photography2.4 Rotate the metering selector to  (matrix 
metering).  Matrix metering uses informa-
tion from all areas of the frame to determine 
exposure, producing optimal results for the 
entire frame.  A 
 icon appears in the view-
fi nder.
2.3 Rotate the focus-mode selector until it clicks 
into place pointing to S (single-servo auto-
focus).  At this setting, the camera will focus 
automatically when the shutter-release but-
ton is pressed halfway.  Pictures can only be 
taken when...

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Tutorial—Basic Photography
 The Shutter-Release Button
The camera has a two stage shutter-release button.  The camera focuses when the but-
ton is pressed halfway; focus locks until the button is released.  To take the picture, press 
the shutter-release button the rest of the way down.
4 Focus
Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus.  
If the camera is able to focus on the subject in the 
center focus area, a beep will sound and the in-fo-
cus indicator (●) will appear in the viewfi nder (if...