Complete Guide to the Nikon D200- P14 ppt

V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 391 To show and move the Highlight indicator between channels on this page, hold the ± button and press the < or > key on the Direction pad. Page 5: overexposed highlights blink—the folder number and file number appear in the lower right corner (100-68 in this example). Here’s a new wrinkle: the RGB, R, G, and B indicators in the lower left blink to indicate which channel (or channels) are being shown as overexposed. To move between channels on this page, hold the ± button and press the < or > key on the Direction pad. Page 6: histogram—the folder number and file number appear in the upper right corner, the histogram overlays the image. You can protect the currently viewed image from deletion (but not from a card format) by pressing the n button while the image is being displayed. A n icon appears at the left top V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 392 of the image: Note that protected files are marked with a read-only marker that persists when you move them to a computer. Tip: In Windows, select the read-only file in a Windows Explorer window. Next select PROPERTIES from the FILE menu. Uncheck the box labeled Read-only to remove the read- only attribute. On a Macintosh using OS 9.x or OS X, select the read-only file and press Apple - I (that’s an i) to see the General Information box for the file. Uncheck the box labeled Locked to remove the read-only attribute. Note: The page and image browsing keys on the D200 can be 90 degrees different than those for other Nikon DSLRs. Don’t despair. Use Custom Setting #F3 to set the D200 to match your other Nikon DSLRs. • You can delete the currently viewed image by pressing the p button. You’ll be prompted to confirm the deletion: press the p button again to do so. If the image was protected, you’ll see File Protected when you press the Delete button. Unprotect the image before trying to delete it (press the n button). V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 393 • You can display thumbnails of multiple pictures by holding the ± button and turning the Rear Command dial (which allows you to select 1 image per screen, 4 images per screen, or 9 images per screen). Note that whatever choice you make stays active, and that if more than one thumbnail is displayed, you can no longer reach other information pages about an image ( < and > keys on the direction pad control moving between thumbnails when multiple images are displayed; the currently selected image is outlined in yellow). You can, however, still reach the histogram page by pressing the center of the Direction pad (pressing it again takes you back to the thumbnail display, even if the display has gone off or you’ve taken additional pictures). 4 images per screen 9 images per screen • You can magnify the view by first pressing the ENTER key to enter the zooming mode, and then using the ± and Rear Command dial to zoom. When you first press ENTER, the following icons are shown in the upper left corner of the image to remind you of how to zoom: V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 394   ENTER pressed Thumbnail + Dial Zoom Complete While viewing a magnified image, you can use the ± button plus Rear Command dial to zoom in on the magnified view (center image, above, shows the zoom area as it’s being chosen; right shot shows what you zoomed into when you released the button). When you hold down the Thumbnail button, the Rear Command dial is used to control a visual representation of the zoom amount (size of the bracketed area) while the Direction pad controls the position of the bracketing area. When you release the Thumbnail button the playback zooms to the area and level you selected. You can then view additional images with that zoom level applied by rotating the Rear Command dial to move between images F 107 . Image reviewing has a different timeout setting than the shooting mode of the camera (the default is 20 seconds; see “Custom Setting #C5, Color LCD Active Time” on page < H448>). Don’t panic if you see the FOLDER CONTAINS NO IMAGES message. The camera is trying to tell you that it can find no images in the current folder of the card; that doesn’t mean that there aren’t images on the card. Whenever you see the NO IMAGES message and you know that there are images on the card: 107 Okay, this is a relatively nice and convenient setup, but now we have multiple Nikon DSLR bodies that work differently for zooming. Nikon really needs to pick a method and stick to it for all DSLRs. V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 395 1. Press the MENU key to show the menu system. 2. Use the Direction pad to navigate to the PLAYBACK menu. 3. Use the Direction pad to navigate to Playback Folder and press the > key on the Direction pad to select it. 4. Use the Direction pad to select All and press the > key one more time. Rotating Images Images are usually displayed on the color LCD with the long axis across the long axis (i.e., vertical images aren’t displayed rotated). The D200 has an automatic rotation detector, however. You can activate this so that images are correctly rotated to the proper orientation by Nikon View and Nikon Capture. õ To turn on automatic image rotation: 1. Press the MENU key to show the menu system. 2. Use the Direction pad to navigate to the SET UP MENU (wrench icon tab). V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 396 3. Use the Direction pad to navigate to Auto Image Rotation and press the > key on the Direction to select it. 4. Use the Direction pad to navigate to On and press the > key to complete the setting. If you’ve set Auto Image Rotation to On, Nikon PictureProject and Nikon View also automatically rotate the images during transfer to your computer so that they’ll show up in the correct orientation in whatever software you use. However, even if Auto Image Rotation is set to On, that doesn’t mean the images show up rotated on the color LCD on the camera. For that you have to make a change in the PLAYBACK MENU settings: 1. Press the MENU key to show the menu system. 2. Use the Direction pad to navigate to the PLAYBACK MENU (wrench icon tab). V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 397 3. Use the Direction pad to navigate to Rotate Tall and press the > key on the Direction to select it. 4. Use the Direction pad to navigate to On and press the > key to complete the setting. Personally, I don’t like the Rotate Tall option, as it starts to make the review image too small to quickly evaluate. That’s especially true if you use the RGB Histogram page as your primary review page. I leave this option Off on my D200 and just tilt the camera or my head. The PLAYBACK Menu õ Pressing the Þ button and selecting the first tab (²) displays a selection of options on the color LCD: The % or " keys on the Direction pad are used to navigate between these options (the currently selected option is highlighted; sometimes that’s the tab, as in this case), and you press the < and > key on the Direction pad to select the V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 398 highlighted item. Note that some of the items can be done directly on the currently shown (or selected) image without using the menu system (e.g. Delete using the p button). The following sections detail each of the various PLAYBACK MENU options. Deleting Images õ You can delete the image that is shown on the color LCD (or the currently selected thumbnails) by pressing the p button on the back of the camera. Before actual deletion begins, you’ll be asked for confirmation, which you indicate by pressing the p button again (press any button on the back of the camera except for the p button to cancel deletion). õ Alternatively, you can use the Delete option on the PLAYBACK MENU, which can delete either a few images or all of them: 1. PLAYBACK -> Delete -> Selected  2. Images are displayed six at a time: V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 399 3. Center press of the Direction pad selects or deselects image(s) for deletion (you’ll see the p icon appear on it (see image 100-101, below). 4. ENTER button deletes the selected images. Selected As just outlined in the screen shots, above, the D200 displays a thumbnail view of the images, six at a time (Step 2, above). You navigate through them exactly as you would in thumbnail view (< and > key on the Direction pad), pressing the center position on the Direction pad on each image you want to erase (each press is a toggle, and a small trash can appears on any image scheduled for deletion—Step 3, above). You can also press the Thumbnail button to see a larger version of the currently selected image (useful when you have a sequence of very similar images and are trying to erase just one). You confirm the deletion of all the selected images by pressing the ENTER button, navigating to Yes, and pressing the ENTER button again when prompted (Step 4, above). Images marked with a protect symbol cannot be deleted; hidden images aren’t displayed.   All The D200 immediately displays a confirmation prompt. Selecting Yes and confirming that by pressing ENTER immediately deletes all photographs on the card except for ones that have been marked as PROTECTED or V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 400 are HIDDEN. Nikon’s manual says that deleted images cannot be recovered. They can, but not easily, and only if you take immediate action. If you accidentally erase an image (or more) on a card, set that card aside until you can access it with your computer. Use an image recover utility program such as PhotoRescue ( Hhttp://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/) to recover the deleted file before doing anything else with the card. This works because the act of deletion doesn’t actually remove the data for an image, it simply marks the space used by the file as available. Thus, if you write additional images to a card after deleting a file, you often can’t recover the deleted file, as the D200 has probably used the space for the new images. Dealing with Folders I’ve dealt with it earlier, but it’s worth repeating here as we go through the PLAYBACK menu options: the D200 uses folders to organize images stored on the CompactFlash card. Because the D200 follows the DCF digital camera standard (Design Rule for Camera File Systems) agreed to by most manufacturers, there are limitations on folder names and locations. If you do nothing (i.e. don’t use any of the options on the Playback Folder selection on the PLAYBACK menu, the D200 creates a root folder named DCIM, which in turn contains a folder named 100ND200. The first 999 images stored on the card are stored in that folder, then a new folder named 101ND201 is created and the next 999 images stored there. This process of creating new folders every 999 images continues until you fill the card. Thus, when you examine the structure of the CompactFlash card on your computer, you’ll see something like this: DCIM + 100ND200 + 101ND200 [...]... to navigate to the CUSTOM SETTING MENU using the Direction pad and press the > key to get to the options 4 Start Bank Selection Use the Direction pad to navigate to Bank Select and press the > key to see the options 5 Select a bank Use the Direction pad to navigate to the bank you wish to modify, and press the > key to Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 407 V1.03 complete the selection... button to bring up the menus on the color LCD 2 Using the Direction pad to navigate to the CUSTOM SETTING MENU (the purple pencil icon) and press the > key to select it Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 409 V1.03 3 Using the Direction pad to navigate to the group (a, b, c, d, e, or f) in which the custom setting you wish to change is located and press the > key to select it 4 Using the. .. to navigate to the bank you want to name and press the > key Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 408 V1.03 b In the screen that appears: i Use the Direction pad to navigate to a letter to enter ii Use the Delete button to delete the currently highlighted letter iii Press the center of the Direction pad to enter the currently selected letter iv Use the Thumbnail + Direction pad keys to. .. navigate to Folders and press the > key on the Direction pad to select it 4 Use the Direction pad to navigate to New and press the > key on the Direction pad to select it 5 In the display that appears, use the % and " keys on the Direction pad to change the three digit portion of Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 401 V1.03 the folder name: 6 Press the > key on the Direction pad to complete. .. to complete the creation Note that your new folder becomes the Active Folder automatically! õ Select which folders to display in playback: 1 Press the MENU button to see the menus on the LCD 2 Use the Direction pad to navigate to PLAYBACK MENU 3 Use the Direction pad to navigate to Playback Folder and press the > key on the Direction pad to select it 4 Use the Direction pad to navigate to the folder... provide a complete description of each option, along with my recommendations for each Note: In the sections that follow, my name for the custom setting is given first, the name displayed on the D200 in parentheses Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 410 V1.03 Custom Setting #C Custom Settings Bank (Custom Settings Bank) The D200 allows you to store groups of Custom Settings in up to four... those Banks is going to be a big pain Not really With your D200 connected to the computer, use Nikon Capture Camera Control: Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 414 V1.03 1 Start Nikon Capture Camera Control 2 Choose Custom Settings from the Camera menu 3 For each bank: i Choose the bank from the popup at the top left ii Click the Edit button and supply a name iii Choose the group (A, B,... you to “hide” images, which prevents them from displaying in PLAYBACK mode or in slide shows When copied to a computer, hidden images are marked with both the hidden and read-only attributes, meaning that they don’t normally display in directories õ To hide images: 1 Press the MENU button to see the menus on the color LCD 2 Use the Direction pad to navigate to the PLAYBACK MENU Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide. .. etc.) from the second popup and fill in the settings you want iv Click the Next button to get to the next group of options 4 Click the OK button to complete creation and transfer of your Custom Settings Okay, we’ve dealt with Custom Settings in a broad sense; let’s next look at the individual options one at a time Custom Setting #R Custom Settings Reset (Reset Custom Setting Menu 108) F The D200 has... method of canceling all user-set Custom Settings in the current bank and returning them to the defaults: No No change to Custom Settings (no reset) Yes Reset the Custom Settings in the current bank to the default values 108 Someone at Nikon has to be reading my footnotes in my eBooks I think I was the only person on the planet that publicly criticized the original name in the D2h and D2x menu system for . button to see the menus on the color LCD. 2. Use the Direction pad to navigate to the PLAYBACK MENU. V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 404 3. Use the Direction pad to. navigate to the bank you wish to modify, and press the > key to V1.03 Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D200 Page 408 complete the selection. 6. Make your Custom Settings. Any Custom. Press the MENU button to see the menus on the LCD. 2. Use the Direction pad to navigate to PLAYBACK MENU. 3. Use the Direction pad to navigate to Playback Folder and press the > key on the