Nikon D3 Quick Start Guide
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Table of Contents
Buttons and Dials...................................... 3
The Command Dials.................................. 6
Memory Card Slots.................................. 12
Using Two Memory Cards ............................. 12
Guides and Tips....................................... 14
Help ....................................................................... 14
Two-Button Reset:
Restoring Default Settings........................ 14
Release Mode .......................................... 15
Live View.................................................. 16
g Hand-Held...................................................... 16
h Tripod............................................................... 18
Picture Controls ...................................... 20
Custom Picture Controls................................ 22
The Fn Button.......................................... 24
Menu Guide ............................................. 25
D PLAYBACK MENU........................................ 25
C SHOOTING MENU....................................... 26
A CUSTOM SETTING MENU......................... 30
B SETUP MENU ................................................. 37
N RETOUCH MENU.......................................... 40
O MY MENU........................................................ 40
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Buttons and Dials
Metering selector
Metering selector lock button
Press the metering selector lock button
and rotate the metering selector to choose
a metering method.
Center-weighted (pg. 32)
Z
Assigns the greatest weight to the
center of the frame.
Matrix
a
Meters most of the frame.
Spot
b
Meters the selected focus point.
Diopter adjustment
control
Pull up and rotate until the
display in the viewfinder is in
focus.
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Buttons and Dials
K (playback) button
View photographs in the monitor (pg. 25).
N (thumbnail/playback zoom) button
Press the N button and rotate the main command dial to display
thumbnails or to zoom the photograph currently displayed in the
monitor in or out.
Depth-of-field preview button
Preview depth of field.
Focus-mode selector
Modes S and C (autofocus)
The camera focuses using autofocus (AF) when shutter-release
button is pressed halfway.
when the camera focuses.
camera continues to adjust focus until the shutter is released
(pg. 30).
Mode M (manual)
Focus is adjusted manually using the lens focusing ring.
In mode S (single-servo AF), focus locks
In mode C (continuous-servo AF), the
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R (info) button
Display shooting
O (delete)
button
(pg. 25)
information in the
monitor (pg. 34).
The active focus point
is shown here.
AF-area mode selector
Choose how the camera selects the focus point for
autofocus.
Auto-area AF
H
The camera automatically detects the subject and selects the focus
point.
Dynamic-area AF
I
The user selects the focus point with the multi selector (if focus
selection is locked, rotate the focus selector lock to I). If the
subject briefly leaves the selected focus point in focus mode C (pg.
4), the camera will focus based on information from surrounding
focus points
Single-area AF (default)
K
The user selects the focus point with the multi selector (if focus
selection is locked, ro tate the focus selector lock to I); the camera
focuses on the subject in the selected focus point only.
(pg. 30).
Focus point
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The Command Dials
The settings that can be adjusted by pressing a button and
rotating a command dial are listed below.
Sub-command
dial
Top Control
Panel
Main command
dial
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Choose an
image size
Set image
*
quality
*
Set ISO sensitivity
*
Fine-tune white
balance*/Set color
temperature*/
Choose a white
balance preset
Choose a white
balance setting
* Can also be adjusted from the shooting menu (pg. 26).
*
*
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The Command Dials
Select bracketing
exposure
increment
Activate or cancel
bracketing/select
number of shots in
bracketing
sequence
Choose flash mode
for optional flash
unit
Aperture lock
Shutter speed lock
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CUSTOM
CUSTOM
SHOOT
SHOOT
Set exposure
compensation
Choose the
exposure mode
e Programmed Auto
f Shutter-Priority Auto
g Aperture-Priority Auto
h Manual
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The Command Dials
Once the exposure mode has been selected, the following
settings can be adjusted by rotating the command dials
(pg. 9).
Choose a
combination of
e
aperture and
shutter speed
Choose a shutter
f
speed
Choose an aperture
g
Choose an aperture
h
Choose a shutter
h
speed
CUSTOM
CUSTOM
CUSTOM
CUSTOM
CUSTOM
SHOOT
SHOOT
SHOOT
SHOOT
SHOOT
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Choose an
image area
FX format
(36 × 24)
DX format
(24 × 16)
5 : 4
(30 × 24)
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Memory Card Slots
Using Two Memory Cards
The D3 is equipped with two
memory card slots.
describes how to select a card for
formatting, recording, and
playback when two memory
cards are inserted.
This section
Slot 1
Slot 2
Formatting Memory Cards
1. Press the Q buttons.
Press both the Q (O and I) buttons simultaneously for
about two seconds.
O button I button
The icon for the current slot will start
to blink and a blinking C will
appear in the top control panel.
2. Select a memory card.
Rotate the main command dial to choose the memory
card that will be formatted.
SHOOT
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