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  • Page 1 Professional Technical Guide — Useful Features —...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Custom Controls Custom Control Assignments ....6 Quick Menu Access ............10 Custom Folders ..............12 Taking Pictures White Balance Tips and Tricks ......... 16 • White Balance Options ..............16 • Auto White Balance for Incandescent Lighting . ..18 • Measuring Preset Manual White Balance ........19 AE with Constant Shutter Speed and Aperture ..20 Preserving Natural Contrast ...........
  • Page 3 Playback Finding Pictures Quickly ..........34 • Starting Playback with Your Right Hand ........35 • Finding Pictures Quickly ........36 • Quick Focus Check .................38 • Tagging Pictures ................40 Upload Adding Text to Pictures ............ 44 • Editing Text in HTTP Server Mode ..........44 • IPTC Presets ..................45 Checking Upload Status ..........46 Accessories Synchronized Release ............48 •...

  • Page 5: Custom Controls

    Custom Controls As you will learn in this chapter, the D500 is crammed with features to make your life easier, including custom con- trol assignments, quick menu access, and the ability to organize photos in folders.

  • Page 6: Custom Control Assignments

    Custom Control Assignments Custom Setting f1 (Custom control assignment) is used to customize camera controls, starting with the function (Fn) buttons. Assigning frequently-used settings to camera controls lets you access them with- out using the menus. Press You can choose the roles played by the following controls: Pv button Fn1 button Fn2 button...
  • Page 7 The functions that can be assigned to these controls are: D500 MB‑D17 Fn AF‑ON 0 v x V 8 S A Preset focus point 4 4 — — 4 4 4 — K AF‑area mode 4 4 — 4 4 4 — 4 q AF‑area mode + AF‑ON...
  • Page 8 Custom Controls D500 MB‑D17 Fn AF‑ON 0 v x V 8 S c Rating ­ — ­ — 4 ­ — ­ — ­ — ­ — ­ — J Select center focus point ­ — ­ — ­ — ­ — 4 ­ — — ­ —...
  • Page 9 Custom Control Assignments The functions that can be assigned to these controls are: D500 MB‑D17 Fn + y 1 w 9 n Q J Choose image area 4 4 4 — 4 $ Shutter spd & aperture lock 4 4 4 — 4 v 1 step spd/aperture 4 4 ­...

  • Page 10: Quick Menu Access

    Quick Menu Access If Access top item in MY MENU is selected for Custom Setting f1 (Cus‑ tom control assignment)  >   Pre‑ view button, pressing the Pv button will display the top item in My Menu, letting you access functions that cannot otherwise be assigned to a camera control.
  • Page 11   3  Choose a control. Choose Custom Setting f1 (Cus‑ tom control assignment) and select  Preview button.   4  Select Access top item in MY MENU. You also have the option of as- signing Access top item in MY MENU to the Fn1 or Fn2 button or to the center of the sub-selector or of using Custom Setting f10 (Assign MB‑D17 buttons) to...

  • Page 12: Custom Folders

    Custom Folders Create folders before going on a shoot and use them to organize photos by scene. If you’re photographing soccer or baseball, you can create folders for each half or inning, making photos easier to find and organize later on. Use the Storage folder ...
  • Page 13   4  Create a folder for the bottom of the first inning. Each folder number can be used only once. Choose Select folder by number and select folder number 101. Press J to create a folder named “101_BTM_”. You can now create folders for the remaining innings:  ...

  • Page 15: Taking Pictures

    Taking Pictures This chapter covers information that you may find useful when taking pho- tographs.

  • Page 16: White Balance Tips And Tricks

    White Balance Tips and Tricks Auto white balance is recommended with most light sources. If the desired results can not be achieved with auto white balance, choose an option from the list below or use preset white balance. White Balance Options Choose from the following options: Option Description...
  • Page 17 Option Description G Cloudy 6000 Use­in­daylight­under­overcast­skies. Use­in­daylight­with­subjects­in­the­ M Shade 8000 shade. Choose color 2500– Choose­a­color­temperature­from­a­ temp. 10,000 list­of­values. Use­your­subject­or­light­source­or­an­ L Preset manual — existing­photo­as­a­reference­(page­19). *­Color­temperature.­ All­values­are­approximate­and­do­not­reflect­ fine-tuning;­colors­can­be­fine-tuned­if­desired.

  • Page 18: Auto White Balance For Incandescent Lighting

    Taking Pictures Auto White Balance for Incandescent Lighting v offers a choice of AUTO0 Keep white (reduce warm colors), AUTO1 Normal, and AUTO2 Keep warm lighting colors. The warm cast of incandescent lighting can be elimi- nated by selecting Keep white (re‑ duce warm colors) or preserved by selecting Keep warm lighting colors.

  • Page 19: Measuring Preset Manual White Balance

    White Balance Tips and Tricks Measuring Preset Manual White Balance In live view, you can measure white balance from any white or grey object in the frame. When Preset manual is selected for white balance, you can press the U button to enter direct measurement mode.

  • Page 20: Ae With Constant Shutter Speed And Aperture

    AE with Constant Shutter Speed and Aperture To vary ISO sensitivity automatically when shooting in dappled sunlight or in other situations in which the subject or background vary in brightness, select On for ISO sensi‑ tivity settings > Auto ISO sensitivi‑ ty control in the photo shooting menu.

  • Page 21: Preserving Natural Contrast

    Preserving Natural Contrast Use Active D-Lighting to preserve details in highlights and shadows when photographing high-contrast scenes, for example when shooting through a window or at the beach. Active D‑Lighting: Off Active D‑Lighting: Y Auto Matrix metering is recommended. To let the camera adjust Active D-Lighting automatically according to the scene, choose Y ...

  • Page 22: Multiple Exposure: Overlay Mode

    Multiple Exposure: Overlay Mode When shooting multiple exposures, choose an overlay mode according to the situation and your creative intent. • Add: Overlay exposures without modification. • Average: Overall brightness is optimized by adjusting gain according to the number of exposures. •...

  • Page 23: Burst Photography: Keeping Exposure Consistent

    Burst Photography: Keeping Exposure Consistent When using a continuous release mode to photograph subjects that are in motion or that vary in brightness, you may notice that exposure changes between frames. For consistent exposure, select mode M or: • Turn face detection off: When Face de‑ tection on is selected for Custom Setting b5 (Matrix metering), ma- trix metering will assign priority to...

  • Page 24: Flicker Reduction

    Flicker Reduction When powered by alternating cur- rent, fluorescent lamps and certain other types of artificial lighting flicker at a rate determined by the frequency of the power supply, which depending on the timing of the shutter release may produce areas of uneven color or exposure.
  • Page 25 When On is selected for Flicker re‑ duction indicator, a FLICKER icon will be displayed in the viewfinder if flicker is detected when the shutter- release button is pressed halfway. FLICKER icon The effects of the different settings are summarized in the following table.
  • Page 26 Flicker Reduction The Photo Shooting Menu Flicker Reduction Option Flicker reduction can detect flicker at 100 and 120 Hz (associ- ated respectively with AC power supplies of 50 and 60 Hz). Flicker may not be detected or the desired results may not be achieved with dark backgrounds, bright light sources, or decorative lighting displays and other non-standard light- ing.

  • Page 27: Muffling The Shutter

    Muffling the Shutter You may find it useful to mute the shutter at stage perfor- mances, during interviews, or for wildlife photography. Quiet Shutter-Release Mode When quiet shutter-release mode is selected in viewfinder photography, the mirror stays up while the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down.

  • Page 28: Movie Stills

    Muffling the Shutter Movie Stills You can also achieve the effect of silent photography by filming movies silently and then later playing the movie back and using the Save selected frame option to create JPEG stills from selected frames.   1  Pause playback on the desired frame.

  • Page 29: Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode

    Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode Compared with earlier models, the viewfinder offers im- proved stability in burst mode. This combines with the SPORT setting available on some VR lenses to make subjects even easier to track during high-speed burst photography. Lenses with SPORT VR As of April 2016, the following lenses featured SPORT VR: •...

  • Page 30: What Makes Sport Mode Special

    When the lens is mounted on a D500, all of this can be accomplished without reducing frame rate or increasing shutter lag.

  • Page 31: Sport" Versus "Normal

    Vibration Reduction: Sport Mode ”Sport” Versus “Normal” Sport mode balances vibration reduction with smooth dis- play when you are photographing sports, aircraft, birds, or other moving subjects. Choose NORMAL for more powerful vibration reduction when photographing landscapes and other static subjects. The differences between sport and normal modes are summarized below.

  • Page 33: Playback

    Playback As you will learn in this chapter, the touch screen and custom controls let you quickly find images and check fo- cus one-handed. You can also use the “protect” and “rate” features to tag pho- tos for quick playback and later sorting.

  • Page 34: Finding Pictures Quickly

    Finding Pictures Quickly In addition to the multi selector and other controls used for playback on earlier cameras, the D500 features a touch screen. You can page through pictures by flicking left or right and zoom in by double-tapping the monitor, making it faster to find pictures and check focus.

  • Page 35: Starting Playback With Your Right Hand

    Starting Playback with Your Right Hand Assigning Playback to a control on the right side of the camera lets you start and stop playback with your right hand while your left hand continues to support the camera, ready for the next shot. Use Cus- tom Setting f1 (Custom control assignment, page 6) to as-...

  • Page 36: Finding Pictures Quickly

    Playback Finding Pictures Quickly Flick left or right or press 4 or 2 to view additional images in full-frame playback. To scroll quickly, keep the multi selector pressed or touch the bottom of the display to bring up the frame advance bar and then drag the slider left or right.
  • Page 37 Finding Pictures Quickly “After Burst, Show” The After burst, show option in the playback menu controls whether the photo displayed at the end of a burst of shots is the first or last in the burst. It takes effect only when Image review is off.

  • Page 38: Quick Focus Check

    Playback Quick Focus Check The following operations can be used to zoom in for a quick focus check during playback. • Press the center of the multi selector to zoom in on the active focus point. Press again to exit zoom. •...
  • Page 39 Finding Pictures Quickly To choose the starting zoom ratio for double-tap zoom or zoom using the center of the multi selector, go to Cus- tom Setting f2 (Multi selector center button) > Playback mode, highlight Zoom on/off, and press 2. Choose from Low magnification (50%), 1 : 1 (100%), and High magni‑...

  • Page 40: Tagging Pictures

    Playback Tagging Pictures Protect or rate pictures to make them easier to find. Protecting Pictures Pressing the L (Z/Q) button during playback tags the current image with a P icon. If you select Protect for Custom Setting f4 (Cus‑ tomize command dials) > Sub‑dial frame advance, you can rotate the sub-command dial to view only pro- tected images.
  • Page 41 Finding Pictures Quickly Following transfer to a computer, pictures can be viewed or sorted by rating in applications such as ViewNX-i or Capture NX-D.

  • Page 43: Upload

    Upload This chapter describes how to quickly connect to networks, check whether pictures have been uploaded to the computer, and add comments, copy- right information, and IPTC metadata to images.

  • Page 44: Adding Text To Pictures

    Adding Text to Pictures Text can be embedded in pictures using the IPTC, Image comment, and Copyright information options in the cam- era setup menu. Text can be entered using the touch screen. Editing Text in HTTP Server Mode IPTC presets, image comments, and copyright information can be cre- ated on a computer or Android or iOS device using the “edit text”...

  • Page 45: Iptc Presets

    IPTC Presets The IPTC presets stored on the camera can be viewed dur- ing playback by holding down the J button and pressing 3. To embed IPTC information in the current image, high- light a preset and press J. Creating IPTC Presets on a Computer IPTC Preset Manager software can be used to create IPTC presets and copy them to the camera memory...

  • Page 46: Checking Upload Status

    Checking Upload Status While—at least in the case of im- Transfer icon (blue) ages uploaded to a computer or ftp server via a WT-7 wireless transmit- ter—the camera indicates upload status by the color of the transfer icon, transfer status is not displayed when pictures are viewed on a com- puter.

  • Page 47: Accessories

    Accessories This chapter describes how the syn- chronized release feature on optional WR-1 and WR-R10 wireless remote con- trollers can be used to simultaneously release the shutters on multiple remote cameras.

  • Page 48: Synchronized Release

    A WR-A10 adapter is required when connecting the WR-R10 to the D500. For more information on using wireless remote controllers, see the documentation provided with the device. Configuring Cameras for Synchronized Release Custom Setting d4 (Sync.
  • Page 49 The following table shows how Custom Settings d4 and f1 combine for flexible camera control using the shutter-re- lease button (“SRB”) and the button to which Sync. release selection has been assigned (“custom control”): Custom Setting Shutter released by SRB alone SRB + custom control f1 >...
  • Page 50 Accessories Here’s an example of how you can use two cameras to cap- ture shots on goal in a soccer match. Custom Settings are adjusted so that the shutter on the remote camera is re- leased only when both the shutter-release button and the center of the sub-selector are pressed: •...

  • Page 51: Uploading Photos

    Synchronized Release Uploading Photos If you are using a WR-1 or WR-R10 wireless remote con- troller for synchronized release, you can upload photos to computer or ftp server using a WT-7 wireless transmit- ter. The cameras must be in ftp upload or image transfer mode.
  • Page 52 Be sure the firmware for the WR-1 or WR-R10 has been updated to the latest version; for more information, visit the Nikon website for your area.

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