Nikon D3 Professional Technical Guide
Professional
Technical Guide
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Table of Contents
Autofocus
Exposure
Using the Menus ........................................................... 4
Autofocus
Focusing with Autofocus ............................................. 7
Behind the Goal ........................................................11
Tracking erratically moving subjects that are frequently
obscured by other objects
Pitcher or Runner? ....................................................12
Switching instantly between subjects at diff erent distances from the camera
The Inside Track.........................................................13
Tracking subjects that are obscured by objects passing
in front of the camera
At the Finish Line ......................................................14
Quick shutter response
Poor Lighting or Bad Weather ...............................15
Poorly lit or low-contrast scenes
Exposure
Auto ISO Sensitivity Control ...................................... 16
A Daytime Stadium Match ......................................17
Switching between sunlight and shade
Active D-Lighting (ADL) ............................................. 19
A Daytime Stadium Match Revisited ....................19
High-contrast lighting
Easy Exposure Compensation ................................... 21
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Image Quality
Lens Options
Camera Settings
Image Quality
FX and DX Formats .....................................................22
Vignet te Control.........................................................27
Lens Options
Vibration Reduction ( VR) ...........................................28
Options for Long Lenses ............................................30
Camera Settings
Sharing Settings .........................................................31
3
Using the Menus
Use the G button, J button, and multi selector to navigate
the menus.
G button
J button Multi selector
4: Cancel and
return to previous
D isplay the men us.
1
Press the G button to display the menus.
H ighlight the icon for the curren t menu.
2
Press 4 to highlight the
icon for the current menu.
1: Move
cursor up
menu
3: Move
cursor down
4
Center: Select
highlighted item
2: Select high-
lighted item or
display sub-menu
Select a menu.
3
Press
1 or 3 to select the desired menu.
Positio n the cursor in th e selected menu .
4
2 to position the
Press
cursor in the selected
menu.
H ighlight a men u item.
5
Press 1 or 3 to highlight a
menu item.
Display options.
6
Press 2 to display options
for the highlighted menu
item.
5
Using the Menus
Highlight an option.
7
1 or 3 to highlight
Press
an option.
Select the highlighted item.
8
Press
J to select the high-
lighted item (some items
can also be selected by
pressing 2). To e xit wit hout making a selection,
press the G button.
6
Autofocus: Focusing with Autofocus
The a Autofocus group in the rst level of the Custom
Settings menu contains a variety of advanced autofocus
options. This chapter details options that can be used to
frame moving subjects at sporting events: a1 (AF-C priority
selection), a3 (Dynamic AF area), and a4 (Focus tracking
with lock-on). These options are best used with the focus
mode selector rotated to C (continuous-servo AF) and the
AF-area mode selector rotated to
Selec t continuous-servo AF.
1
Rotate the focus-mode
selector to C.
will continually adjust
focus while the shutterrelease button is pressed
halfway.
S elect dynamic- area AF.
2
Rotate the AF-area mode
selector to I (dynamicarea AF). If the subject
brie y leaves the selected focus point, the
camera will focus based
on information from surrounding focus points.
The camera
I (dynamic-area AF).
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Autofocus
C hoose an option f or Custom Setti ng a1.
3
Choose whether the camera gives
priority to focus or to shutter response in focus mode C .
Choose a n option for Custom Setti ng a3.
4
Choose the number of focus
points used for dynamic-area AF.
Select 9 points or 21 points for
track-and- eld events or for subjects that move unpredictably.
8
C hoose an option f or Custom Setti ng a4.
5
Choose how quickly the camera
responds when an object moves
between the subject and the
camera.
Focusing with Autofocus
9
Autofocus
Focus Track ing with Lock-O n
Focus tracking with lock-on controls how the camera responds to abrupt changes in focus distance. It can be used
to prevent the camera from immediately refocusing when
objects move through the space between the subject
and the camera, ensuring that the camera will continue to
track the main subject once the obstacle has moved away.
Choose the length of time before the camera refocuses
from Long, Normal, and Short.
Camera will wait before
refocusing on objects
behind the subject
Camera will track and
focus on objects the
same distance from the
camera as the subject
Camera will wait before
refocusing on objects
behind the subject
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