Special Photography On Advn. Menu -Fluorescent Photographing Or Dark Subject Photographing - Nikon DS-L1 Instructions Manual

2.1.4 Special Photography on Advn. Menu
—Fluorescent Photographing or Dark Subject Photographing
The following settings are recommended for fluorescent photography or dark subject
photography.
Settings on the CAM Advn. menu
Displayed only when the DS-5Mc is connected.
Cooled
Display shown at end of exposure
(only when DS-5Mc is connected)
VI Basic Operations
2 Photographing Images
1) Set the white balance under normal lighting conditions before
photographing. Adjust R and B Gain as necessary.
2) Select (small) for the photometry area (adjust for each
subject).
3) Select (average photometry) for the photometry method
(adjust for each subject).
4) When adjusting the focus, first set the display mode to
high-sensitive "1.3Mi" before proceeding. Then, press
(focus button). You will have high-sensitive and high-speed
image display. With the "1.3Mi" display mode, high-gain display
is obtained.
5) By that time, the exposure mode has been automatically
changed to "MANU". By adjusting the shutter speed and camera
gain manually, fine-adjustment of the displayed image can be
performed.
6) Press (exposure start button), and the DS-L1 starts
automatic exposure. When finished, a screen is displayed with a
frozen image.
is displayed when exposure time is longer than 6 seconds.
Right click aborts the exposure, after which image is
freeze-framed.
7) If necessary, adjust the shutter speed and camera gain
manually, and press
8) The standard tone setting is TONE 3, but you can adjust it to
your liking after the exposure. Also, the brightness can be
fine-adjusted by Y
9) If the black level is found to stand out after photographing,
adjust the black level to the negative side with the SFT icon to
prevent the black level from standing out.
When DS-5Mc is connected
<-SFT is displayed when exposure stops. Click on
which automatically calculates the amount of black level shift
for negative side adjustment. The amount adjuted is displayed
in SFT.
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(exposure start button) again.
icon.
CAMERA
<-SFT ,