User manual NIKON D3000

[. . . ] DIGITAL CAMERA User's Manual En Where to Find It Find what you're looking for from: i i i i i The Table of Contents Find items by function or menu name. 0 vi­x The Q&A Index 0 ii­v Know what you want to do but don't know the function name?Find it from the "question and answer" index. The Index Search by key word. 0 194­196 Error Messages Troubleshooting 0 183­185 If a warning is displayed in the viewfinder or monitor, find the solution here. 0 179­182 Camera behaving unexpectedly?Find the solution here. A For Your Safety Before using the camera for the first time, read the safety instructions in "For Your Safety" (0 xi­xvi). Help Use the camera's on-board help feature for help on menu items and other topics. [. . . ] Protected files can not be deleted using the O button or the Delete option in the playback menu. Note that protected images will be deleted when the memory card is formatted (0 21). To protect a photograph: 1 Select an image. Display the image in full-frame playback or playback zoom or highlight it in the thumbnail list in thumbnail or calendar playback. Full-frame playback Thumbnail playback Calendar playback 2 I Press the L (A) button. The photograph will be marked with a P icon. To remove protection from the photograph so that it can be deleted, display the photograph or highlight it in the thumbnail list and then press the L (A) L (A) button button. 100 Deleting Photographs To delete the photograph displayed in full-frame playback or the photograph highlighted in the thumbnail list, press the O button. To delete multiple selected photographs, all photographs taken on a selected date, or all photographs in the current playback folder, use the Delete option in the playback menu. Once deleted, photographs can not be recovered. Full-Frame, Thumbnail, and Calendar Playback Press the O button to delete the current photograph. 1 2 Select an image. Display the image or highlight it in the thumbnail list in thumbnail or calendar playback. Press the O button. A confirmation dialog will be displayed. O button I Full-frame playback Thumbnail playback Calendar playback (thumbnail list) 3 Press the O button again. To delete the photograph, press the O button again. To exit without deleting the photograph, press the K button. A Calendar Playback During calendar playback, you can delete all photographs taken on a selected date by highlighting the date in the date list and pressing the O button (0 98). 101 The Playback Menu The Delete option in the playback menu contains the following options. Note that depending on the number of images, some time may be required for deletion. Option Description Q Selected Delete selected pictures. R All Delete all pictures in the folder currently selected for playback (0 117). Selected: Deleting Selected Photographs 1 Select Delete. To display the menus, press the G button. Highlight Delete in the playback menu and press 2. G button 2 I Choose Selected. Highlight Selected and press 2. 3 Highlight a picture. Use the multi selector to highlight a picture (to view the highlighted picture full screen, press and hold the X button). 4 Select the highlighted picture. Press the W button to select the highlighted picture. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select additional pictures; to deselect a picture, highlight it and press W. W button 5 Press J to complete the operation. A confirmation dialog will be displayed; highlight Yes and press J. 102 Select Date: Deleting Photographs Taken on a Selected Date 1 Choose Select Date. In the delete menu, highlight Select date and press 2. 2 Highlight a date. Press 1 or 3 to highlight a date. To view the pictures taken on the highlighted date, press W. Use the multi selector to scroll through the pictures, or press X to view the current picture full screen. Press W to return to the date list. W button 3 Select the highlighted date. Press 2 to select all pictures taken on the highlighted date. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to select additional dates; to deselect a date, highlight it and press 2. I 4 Press J to complete the operation. A confirmation dialog will be displayed; highlight Yes and press J. 103 Slide Shows The Slide show option in the playback menu is used to display a slide show of the pictures in the current playback folder (0 117). 1 Select Slide show. To display the slide show menu, press the G button and select Slide show in the playback menu. G button 2 Select Start. To start the slide show, highlight Start in the slide show menu and press J. I Choosing a Frame Interval To choose how long each picture will be displayed, select Frame interval and choose from the options shown at right before selecting Start to start the slide show. A The following operations can be performed while the slide show is in progress: To Skip back/skip ahead View additional photo info Pause/resume slide show Exit to playback menu Exit to playback mode Exit to shooting mode J G K Use Description Press 4 to return to previous frame, 2 to skip to next frame. Press shutter-release button halfway to return to shooting mode. The dialog shown at right is displayed when the show ends. Select Restart to restart or Exit to return to the playback menu. 104 Connections Q Connecting to a Computer This section describes how to use the supplied UC-E4 USB cable to connect the camera to a computer. Before Connecting the Camera Before connecting the camera, install the software on the supplied Software Suite CD. To ensure that data transfer is not interrupted, be sure the camera EN-EL9a battery is fully charged. If in doubt, charge the battery before use or use an EH-5a AC adapter and EP-5 power connector (available separately). Supplied Software Nikon Transfer is used to copy photographs from the camera to the computer, where they can be viewed using ViewNX (Nikon Transfer can also be used to back up photographs and embed information in photographs as they are transferred, while ViewNX can be used to sort photographs, convert images to different file formats, edit NEF/RAW photographs, and adjust NEF/RAW and JPEG images). Supported Operating Systems The supplied software can be used with computers running the following operating systems: · Windows: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (32-bit Home Basic/Home Premium/ Business/Enterprise/Ultimate) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Home Edition/ Professional). · Macintosh: Mac OS X (version 10. 3. 9, 10. 4. 11, 10. 5. 6) See the websites listed on page xvi for the latest information on supported operating systems. Connecting Cables Be sure the camera is off when connecting or disconnecting interface cables. Close the connector cover when the connector is not in use. Q A D During Transfer Do not turn the camera off or disconnect the USB cable while transfer is in progress. 105 Connecting the Camera Connect the camera using the supplied USB cable. 1 2 3 Turn the camera off. Turn the computer on. Turn the computer on and wait for it to start up. Connect the USB cable. Connect the USB cable as shown. [. . . ] 150 Quick-response remote (Release mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 H Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hi (Sensitivity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Removing the lens from the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Image quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Image review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]