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Nikon D1 The D1 WonderCam! Select a topic Reference: Datasheet D1 Sample Images --------------------------------- 1. Intro and Highlights 2. Executive Overview 3. Design 4. Viewfinder 5. Optics 6. Exposure 7. Amazing Flash Unit! 8. Shutter Lag & Cycle Time Tests 9. Operation & User Interface 10. Camera Modes & Menus 11. Image Storage & Interface 12. Video, Power, Software 13. Test Results & Conclusion 14. The All-Nikon, All-Digital Studio Reference: Custom Settings Menu --------------------------------- Print-Friendly Review Version Additional Resources and Other Links Reader Comments --------------------------------- Digital Camera Comparometer (TM) --------------------------------- <-- Digital Cameras (Home) <-- Digital Camera Reviews Index <<Operation & User Interface :(Previous) | (Next): Image Storage & Interface>> Page 10:Camera Modes & Menus Review First Posted: May 12, 2000

Camera Modes and Menues

PC Mode: Accessed by turning the mode dial to the PC position, this mode allows the camera to download images while connected to a computer.

Playback Mode: Accessed by turning the mode dial to the Play position, this mode allows you to review captured images and delete or protect them as well as set them up for printing. Pressing the Menu button in this mode calls up the Playback menus with these options:

• Delete: accesses the Delete submenu:
  Selected: deletes selected images.
  • All: deletes all images.
  • Print Set: deletes the print order files created using the Print option.
    
    
    
    
• Slideshow: accesses the Slide Show submenu which allows you to view
  all captured images in a slide show format. Options are:
  • Start:starts the show.
  • Interval: sets the time interval between each image (two, three, five and 10 seconds).
    
    
    
    
• Protect: protects selected images from accidental deletion (but not from card formatting).
  
  
  
  
• Hide Image: allows selected images to be hidden or revealed during playback mode operations.
  
  
  
  
• Print Setup: allows images to be set up for printing using the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format). Options are:
  • Done: confirms the print order and exits the menu.
  • Copies: selects the number of copies to be printed.
  • Date: overlays the date the image was captured on the printed image.
    
    
    
    
• Setup: calls up the camera setup menu with the following options:
  • Folders: creates new folders for recording images or selects folders for playback.
    
    
  • Options: selects whether or not to display a histogram and/or blown highlights when images are displayed in single image playback, capture preview and record and review.
    
    
  • Auto Off: sets the length of time before the monitor turns off in Playback mode.
    
    
  • Language: selects the language for menus and messages (choose between German, English, French and Japanese).
    
    
  • Video Output: selects between NTSC and PAL video formats. (US models ship with cabling for NTSC connections. European models presumably include PAL cables.)
    
    
  • CardFormat: formats the CompactFlash memory card.
    
    
    

Single-Frame Shooting Mode: Accessed by turning the mode dial to the "S" position, this mode allows you to capture single images by pressing the shutter button. The following exposure modes are available here (accessed by pressing the Mode button and turning the main command wheel):

• Program AE: puts the camera in charge of the shutter speed and aperture settings, although you can vary its choices by turning the command dial. (That is, you can increase or decrease the aperture the camera has chosen, and the camera will vary the shutter speed to maintain the same overall exposure value. Once you've chosen an offset in the aperture/shutter combination, the camera will continue to control the exposure automatically, while maintaining the aperture/shutter bias you've selected.) This ability to select a persistent bias for the exposure system strikes us as very useful, in many case more so than conventional Aperture or Shutter Priority metering (see below). This is because the "tweaked" Program AE will track even radical changes in subject lighting, not being constrained to a single aperture or shutter speed.
  
  
• Aperture Priority: allows you to set the aperture value while the camera automatically selects the appropriate shutter speed.
  
  
• Shutter Speed Priority: allows you to set the shutter speed value while the camera automatically selects the appropriate aperture.
  
  
• Manual: lets you select both the aperture value and shutter speed.
  
  

Continuous Shooting Mode: Accessed by turning the mode dial to the "C" position, this mode allows you to take up to 21 consecutive shots at up to 4.5 frames per second (maximum number of shots and frame rate is variable through the Custom Settings menu). Exposure is set with the first shot.

Self-Timer Mode: activates the self-timer mode, which is triggered by the shutter button. The time interval is variable through the