Nikon D5600 User Manual

DIGITAL CAMERA

User’s Manual

The Camera Body 3

Quick Start Guide 6
“Point-and-Shoot” Modes (i and j) 11

Viewing Photographs 11

Deleting Unwanted Photographs 11

Recording Movies 12

Camera Menus 13

Caring for the Camera 14

Troubleshooting 14

Specifications 15

For Your Safety 27

Notices 29

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) 33

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• Read this manual thoroughly before using the camera.

• To ensure proper use of the camera, be sure to read

“For Your Safety” (027).

• After reading this manual, keep it in a readily accessible
place for future reference.

D5600 Model Name: N1538

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Package Contents

❏ D5600 camera
❏ DK-25 rubber eyecup
❏ BF-1B body cap
❏ EN-EL14a rechargeable Li-ion

battery (with terminal cover)

❏ MH-24 battery charger (plug adapter supplied in countries or regions

where required; shape depends on country of sale)

Purchasers of the lens kit option should con rm that the package also
includes a lens. Memory cards are sold separately. Cameras purchased
in Japan display menus and messages in English and Japanese
only; other languages are not supported. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

❏ AN-DC3 strap
❏ User’s Manual (this booklet)
❏ Warranty

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The Camera Body

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1 AF-assist illuminator

Self-timer lamp
Red-eye reduction lamp

2 Power switch
3 Shutter-release button
4

E/N button

5 Movie-record button
6 Live view switch
7 Mode dial
8 Built-in  ash

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3
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10

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M/Y button

10 Eyelets for camera strap
11 Fn button
12 Mounting mark
13 Lens release button
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s/E button

15 Mirror
16 Lens mount
17 CPU contacts
18 Body cap

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19 Stereo microphone
20 Accessory shoe (for optional  ash

units)

21 Eye sensor
22

R (information) button

23 Command dial
24

A/L button

25 Connector cover

4

26

G button

27 Speaker
28

Focal plane mark (E)

29 USB connector
30 Connector for external

microphone

31 Accessory terminal

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32 View nder eyepiece
33 Diopter adjustment control
34

K button

35

P button

36 Multi selector
37

J (OK) button

38 N-Mark (NFC antenna)
39

O button

40 Memory card access lamp
41 Battery-chamber cover latch
42 Battery-chamber cover

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W/Q button

44

X button

45 Tripod socket
46 Touch-sensitive vari-angle

monitor

47 Rubber eyecup
48 HDMI connector cover
49 Memory card slot cover
50 Power connector cover for

optional power connector

51 Battery latch

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A The Multi Selec tor

In this manual, operations using the multi selector are represented by 1, 3,
4, and 2 icons.

1: Press the multi selector up

J button (select)

4: Press the multi

selector left

3: Press the multi selector down

2: Press the multi selector

right

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Quick Start Guide

Attach the Camera Strap

Charge the Battery

If a plug adapter is supplied, raise the wall plug and connect the plug
adapter as shown below at left, making sure the plug is fully inserted.
Insert the battery and plug the charger in.

Battery charging

Charging complete

Insert the Battery and a Memory Card

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Open the Monitor

Open the monitor as shown. Do not use force.

Attach a Lens

Rotate the lens as shown until it clicks into place.

Mounting mark (camera)

Mounting mark (lens)

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A Lenses with Retractable Lens Barrel Buttons

Before using the camera, unlock and extend the lens. Keeping the retractable
lens barrel button pressed (q), rotate the zoom ring as shown (w).

Retractable lens barrel button

Pictures can not be taken when the lens is
retracted; if an error message is displayed as a
result of the camera having been turned on with
the lens retracted, rotate the zoom ring until the
message is no longer displayed.

A Removing Lenses

To remove the lens, turn the camera o and press and hold the
lens-release button on the front of the camera while rotating
the lens in the direction opposite that shown above.

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Camera Setup

❚❚ Setup from a Smartphone or Tablet

Download and install the SnapBridge app.

1

The app is available free from the Nikon website
(http://snapbridge.nikon.com), the Apple App Store®, and
GooglePlay™.

Turn the camera on.

2

A language-selection dialog will be
displayed; press 1 and 3 to highlight a
language and press J to select.

Press J when the dialog at right is

3

displayed.

Pair the camera and the smart device.

4

• Android devices with NFC support: After checking that NFC is enabled

on the smart device, touch the camera H (N-Mark) to the NFC
antenna on the smart device to launch the SnapBridge app.

• iOS devices and Android devices without NFC support: Press the camera

J button. The camera will wait for a connection; launch the
SnapBridge app on the smart device and follow the on-screen
instructions to tap the name of the camera you want to pair with.

Check the authentication code.

5

Press J on the camera and tap PAIR on the smart device (the
button may vary with the smart device).

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Press J when the dialog at right is

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displayed.

If the camera displays Unable to
connect., the display will change after a

short pause. Return to Step 4.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Follow the instructions displayed by the camera and smart device
to complete the setup process.

❚❚ Setup from the Camera Menus

Turn the camera on.

1

A language-selection dialog will be displayed; press 1 and 3 to
highlight a language and press J to select.

Press G and set the camera clock.

2

After setting time zone, date format, and
daylight saving time options, use the
multi selector and J button to set the
camera clock.

Focus the View nder

After removing the lens cap, rotate the
diopter adjustment control until the AF
area brackets are in sharp focus. When
operating the control with your eye to the
view nder, be careful not to put your  ngers
or  ngernails in your eye.

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View nder not in focus View nder in focus

“Point-and-Shoot”
Modes (i and j)

Rotate the mode dial to i

1

or j.

Frame the photograph.

2

Press the

3

shutter-release
button halfway
to focus.

Smoothly press

4

the shutter­release button
the rest of
the way down to take the
photograph.

Viewing Photographs

Pressing K displays a picture in
the monitor.

K button

Deleting Unwanted Photographs

Note that photographs can not be
recovered once deleted.

• Press the O button. A

con rmation dialog will be
displayed; press the O button
again to delete the image and
return to playback.

O button

• To exit without deleting the

picture, press K.

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