Adjust Your Auto Off Timer Setting - Nikon D5000 Manual

2. ADJUST YOUR AUTO OFF TIMER SETTING

One of the things that really bugged me when I fi rst began shooting with the D5000
was the short duration that the playback and menu screens stayed on while I was
working with the camera. This can be very frustrating when you are trying to learn
about the camera and its features and you have to keep pressing the Menu or Info
button to bring the screen back to life. This is also the case when reviewing images
on the screen after taking a picture. I
don't know about you, but four seconds
seems like a very short time when you are
trying to assess whether or not you got
your shot. The answer to this problem is
to increase the timer setting to a longer
duration. The D5000 has four different
settings for the auto-off function: short,
normal, long, and custom. To make things
easy, I set my camera to the long setting,
which gives 20 seconds for playback/
menus, 20 seconds for image review, and
one minute for auto-meter off. If you so
choose, you can use the Custom setting to
individually adjust each of these options.
SETTING THE AUTO OFF TIMERS
1. Press the Menu button and navigate
to the Custom Menu tab.
2. Select item c: Timers/AE lock and press
the OK button (A).
3. Select items c2: Auto off timers and
press OK again (B).
4. Highlight your choice of timer settings
(my preference is Long) and press OK
a fi nal time to lock in your change (C).
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A
B
C