Custom Setting - Nikon F5 Instruction Manual

CUSTOM SETTING

Using the Custom Setting feature, you can create a combination
of functions that are different from the initial factory settings. The
functions listed below can be selected with the F5.
When the F5 is connected to a personal computer via the
optional Personal Computer Connecting Cord MC-33 or MC-34
and optional Photo Secretary for F5, even more Custom Setting
choices are available in addition to the following. For more about
Phto Secretary for F5, see page 102.
By using Two-Button Reset, selected Custom Setting menu can
be reset to its default setting. See page 34.
0 Selecting Custom Setting: To store a combination of your
Custom Settings, select
to #24. Then, you can easily switch between one combina-
tion of your settings (A) and another (B) by selecting
. To change settings in (A) or (B), select
first and change settings #1 to #24.
When Two-Button Reset is performed, all the settings in
selected Custom Setting menu
their default setting. If you wish to keep any of the settings
in or do not perform Two-Button Reset.
1 Continuous Servo AF: The F5's default setting with
Continuous Servo AF is Release-Priority. To set it to Focus-
Priority instead, simply choose
2 Single Servo AF: The F5's default setting with Single Servo
AF is Focus-Priority. To set it to Release-Priority instead,
simply choose .
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or and make settings #1
or
or are reset to
.
3 Bracketing order: At the default setting in bracketing,
shots are taken in progressive order from no compensation
to negative compensation to positive compensation. To
change the order and take the first shot with negative
compensation, select
4 Autofocus activated when shutter release button is
lightly pressed: At the default setting, autofocus is acti-
vated and lens starts focusing when the shutter release
button is lightly pressed. To deactivate autofocus when the
shutter release button is lightly pressed, select
AF start button to start autofocus in this case.
5 AE Lock: At the default setting, exposure is locked based
on the conditions detected when the AE-L/AF-L button is
pressed. In this case, shutter speed/aperture combination
or can be shifted in Programmed Auto exposure mode, shutter
speed in Shutter-Priority Auto exposure mode and aperture
in Aperture-Priority Auto exposure mode. To lock the shut-
ter speed and aperture, select
6 Direction of Command Dial rotation: At the default
setting, turning the Command Dials counterclockwise
increases selected value or selects a certain function. To
change the direction to clockwise, select
.
. Use the
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