Dust Off Ref Photo - Nikon D40 Guide User Manual

Dust off Ref Photo
Acquire reference data for tile Image Dust Off option in (apture
NX (available separately; for more information, see the Capture NX
manual).
1 Highlight On and press OK. Tile message shown at right will
be displayed.
2 With the lens ten centimeters (four inches) from a well lit, featureless white object,
frame tile object so that it fills the viewfinder and then press the shutter release but
ton halfway. In autofocus mode, focus will automatically be set to infinity; in manual
focus mode, set focus to infinity manually.
Press the shutter release button the rest of the way down to acquire Image Dust Off
reference data. The monitor turns offwhen the shutter release button is pressed.
if the refVrence object is too bright or too dark, the camera
may be unable to acquire Image Dust Off reference data and
the message shown at right will be displayed. Choose
another reference object and repeat the process from Step 1.
_ '/_xposure settings are
_/ not appropria e Cha_ge
exposure settings and
try again
Image DustOff
Dust off ref photo is available with CPU lenses only. A lens with a focal length of at least 50ram is
recommended, if using a zoom lens, zoom all the way ir/.
The same reference image can be used for photographs taken with
different lenses or at different apertures. Reference images can not be
viewed using computer imaging software. A grid pattern is displayed
when reference images are viewed on the camera.
Image Dust Off is used to reduce the effects of dust in NEF (RAW)
photographs. See the Capture NX mar/ual for more it/formation.
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