Nikon D60 User Manual page 206

Taking Photographs
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Support the lens with
your left hand
Hold the hand-grip with
your right hand
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Frame a Photograph
Rotate the Mode Dial to
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Ready the Camera
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Resetting the clock
Use the World time option in the setup menu to
change the camera clock. See the User's Manual for
details.
Date format
The order in which the month, day, and year are
displayed can be changed from the World time
option in the setup menu. See page 21 of the User's
Manual for details.
Highlight On if daylight saving time is in effect.
Press the multi selector left or right to select item, up
or down to change.
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Done. will be shown and display will exit to shooting
mode, then the shooting information will be displayed.
Display date menu.
The year is highlighted in this display.
Display daylight saving time options.
To delete the photograph currently
displayed in the monitor, press
Wi.
A
confirmation dialog will be displayed.
Press
Wi
again to delete the image and
return to playback. To exit without
deleting the photograph, press
lB.
Smoothly press the shutter-release button the rest of
the way down to release the shutter and record the
photograph. The memory card access lamp will light.
Do not open battery-chamber cover or the memory
card slot cover until the memory card access lamp has
gone out and recording is complete.
Frame a photograph in the Viewfinder (note that the eye
sensor detects the eye looking through the viewfinder and
the monitor will turn off). Photographs cannot be framed
using the monitor.
Position the main subject inside any of the three focus points.
Use the zoom ring to zoom in on the subject so that it fills
a larger area of the frame, or zoom out to increase the area
visible in the photograph (select longer focal lengths on the
lens focal length scale index to zoom in, shorter focal lengths
to zoom out).
Focus and Shoot
Delete Unwanted Photographs
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Press the shutter-release button halfway. The camera will
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automatically select the focus point containing the main
subject closest to the camera and focus on this subject.
When the focus operation is complete, the selected focus
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indicator (e) will appear in the viewfinder.
Focus will be locked. The number of exposures that can
be recorded in the memory buffer will be shown in the
Viewfinder with ",-" displayed in front of the number.
The monitor will turn off.
If the subject is dark, the AF-assist illuminator may light to
assist the focus operation and the flash may pop up.
If the subject is not in focus, reframe the photograph and try
again. See the
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Manual for details.
For more information on taking photographs and other camera operations, see the
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Manual. See the other side of this guide for information on using the supplied Nikon
Transfer software to copy photographs to a computer, and printing photographs via direct
USB connection.
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View the Results
Photographs are automatically displayed after shooting. If no photograph is displayed in the
monitor, the most recent photograph can be viewed by pressing
lB.
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by rotating the command dial or pressing
the multi selector left or right. To view
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highlights or additional photo information
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about the current photograph, press the
multi selector up or down. See page 73 of
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the User's Manual for details.
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To end playback and return to shooting
: mode, press the shutter-release button
halfway.
Slide the diopter adjustment
control up and down until the
focus points are in sharp focus.
When operating the diopter
adjustment control with your eye
to the viewfinder, be careful not to
put your fingers or fingernails in
your eye.
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Slide the memory card in as shown above until
it clicks into place.
Format card. Do not turn the camera off or open the
battery-chamber cover or memory card slot cover until
formatting is complete and setup menu is displayed.
Display options.
Press
MENU.
Menus display in the monitor. If menu
item is already highlighted, press the multi selector
left to highlight icon for current menu in yellow.
Position cursor in setup menu.
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Focus the Viewfinder (Diopter Adjustment)
Before inserting or removing
memory cards,
turn the camera
off
and open the card slot cover.
Highlight
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Highlight Yes.
Highlight Format memory card.
Turn the camera on.
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The memory card access lamp will
light for about a few seconds.
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Format the Memory Card
Memory cards
must
be formatted in the D60 before first use. Note that formatting memory
cards permanently deletes all photographs and other data they may contain. Be sure all data
you wish to keep have been copied to another storage device before formatting the card.
Turn the camera off before removing the memory card from the camera.
The camera records photographs on Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (available separately).
See page 158 of the User's Manual for details.
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Insert a Memory Card
Focus points