Nikon D200 User Manual

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Tutorial—Basic Photography
6 Take the photograph
Smoothly press the shutter-release button the 
rest of the way down to release the shutter and 
record the photograph.  The access lamp next 
to the card slot cov er will light.  Do not eject the 
mem o ry card or remove or dis con nect the power 
source until the lamp has gone out and recording 
is complete.
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Tutorial—Basic Playback 
To delete  the  pho to graph  cur rent ly  dis played  in 
the monitor, press the 
 button.  A confi rmation 
dialog will be dis played.  Press the 
 button again 
to de lete the image and re turn to play back.  To exit 
without deleting the picture, press the 
 button or 
press the shutter-release button halfway.
Basic Playback
Press the  button to view photographs.  The most 
recent photo will be displayed in the monitor; addi-
tional pictures can be displayed by pressing the...

Reference
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Reference
Choose a color spaceColor Space:  50
This section builds on the Tutorial to cover more advanced shooting and play-
back options.
Use the menusUsing Camera Menus:  24
Take photographs in bursts
Reduce shutter lagChoosing a Shooting Mode:  26
Adjust image quality and sizeImage Quality and Size:  28
Raise ISO sensitivity when lighting is poorISO Sensitivity:  33
Make colors look natural
Take photos under unusual lightingWhite Balance:  35
Customize sharpening, contrast, color, satu-...

Reference—Using Camera Menus
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 Help
For help on menu options, press the  button.  A description of the currently selected 
option or menu will be displayed.  To scroll the display, press the  button while press-
ing the multi selector up or down.
 Locking and Deleting Recent Settings
The Recent Settings option in the setup menu ( 119) can be used to delete all 
items from the Recent Settings menu or to lock the menu at current settings, creating 
a customized menu of shooting and Custom Menu options....

Reference—Using Camera Menus
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 Exiting the Menus
Press the shutter-release button halfway to exit the menus and return to shooting mode, 
or press the 
 button once to highlight the icon for the current menu and again to exit to 
shooting mode.
To modify menu settings:
Display menus Highlight icon for current menu
Select menu
Position cursor in selected menu Highlight menu item
Display options Highlight option
Make selection•  Menu items that are displayed in gray are 
not currently...

Reference—Choosing a Shooting Mode
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Reference: 
More on Photography
Choosing a Shooting Mode
Shooting mode determines how the camera takes pho to graphs: one at a time, 
in a continuous sequence, with a timed shutter-release delay, or with the mirror 
raised to enhance shutter response and minimize vibration.
Mode Description
S
Single frameCamera takes one photograph each time shutter-release button is pressed.  
Access lamp will light while photo is recorded; next shot can be taken im-
mediately if...

Reference—Choosing a Shooting Mode
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The number of im ag es that can be stored in the memory 
buff er at current set tings is shown in the ex po sure-count 
dis plays in the viewfi nder and con trol pan el while the 
shutter-release button is pressed (at image qualities of 
JPEG Fine, JPEG Normal, and JPEG Basic, the display 
will show 25 when the buff er contains space for 25 or 
more images).  This number is updated as photographs are transferred to the memory 
card and more memory becomes available in...

Reference—Image Quality and Size
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Image Quality and Size
Together, image quality and size determine how much space each pho to graph 
occupies on the memory card.
Image Quality
The camera supports the following image quality options (listed in descending 
order by image quality and fi le size):
Mode Description
NEF (RAW)Raw 12-bit data from the image sensor are saved directly to the memory 
card in Nikon Electronic Format (NEF).
JPEG FineRecord JPEG images at a compression ratio of roughly 1 : 4.
  *...

Reference—Image Quality and Size
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The Image Quality Menu
1 Highlight Im age  Quality in the shooting menu 
and press the multi selector to the right.
2 High light  the  de sired  op tion  and  press  the  multi 
se lec tor to the right.  The shooting menu will be 
displayed.
The QUAL Button
Press the QUAL button and rotate the main command 
dial until the desired setting is displayed in the con-
trol panel (note that RAW Compression and JPEG 
Compression can only be adjusted from the shoot-
ing menu)....

Reference—Image Quality and Size
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2 High light the de sired op tion and press the multi 
se lec tor to the right.  The shooting menu will 
be displayed.  The selected option applies to all 
subsequent JPEG-quality images.
1 Highlight JPEG Compression in the shooting 
menu and press the multi selector to the right.
The JPEG Compression Menu
The JPEG compression menu off ers the following options for JPEG images:
Mode Description
Size Priority
(default)Images are compressed to produce relatively uniform fi...