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Nikon D70/D70s - page 1
Nikon D70/D70s User's Guide © 2006 KenRockwell.com ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 2
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide INTRODUCTION This is how I use and set up my D70. I ha ve a D70; the D70s is exactly the same. I start off explaining things so my mom can under stand, and get on to deciphering every menu item for advanced users at the bottom. © Ken Rockwell 2 of 2 ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 3
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide BASICS: CAMERA M a n y o f t h e s e a d j u s t m e n ts r e q u i r e y o u t o b e i n b e i n t h e P , S , A or M e x p os u r e mo d es . Y o u s e t t ha t on the top dial. The cute preset modes often lock out some adjustments. I leave most settings at their defaults and use the Program exposure mode. I never us ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 4
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide For photos of people I either set the colors back to normal, or cheat and use the Portrait preset mode on the top dial. FOCUS: AF. METERING: Matrix. LENS Many lenses have no switches or settings. If so, don't worry. More advanced lenses have focus mode settings, whic h will be either "M/A - A," or " ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 5
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide CONTROLS (I explain every button and knob) CONTROLS: FRONT of CAMERA Focus Mode (the little lever at the bottom of the lens marked AF and M [hidden above]): I set it to AF. This means Auto Focus. M means manual focus. In manual focus you have to twist the focus ring yourself and look for a sharp image in the viewfinde ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 6
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide SLOW is the same as NORMAL, since exposure time s a re sh or t . S LO W u nl oc ks th e c am e ra in P a nd A exposure modes to make exposures as long as it wants to in dim light. Have a look at most issues of National Geograph ic and you'll see many indoor shots made in this mode. The background exposes correctly ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 7
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide Power Switch (right side around shutter release): ON, unl ess the camera is put away in a case. The D70s only wakes up when you tap the shutter, so it's off even when the switch is set to ON. There is no battery drain unless the shutter is tapped an d the camera wakes up.The only thing the OFF position does is act ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 8
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide ISO: I use 200 as explained of the first page. If you just took a picture be sure to tap the shutter button to return the camera to the taking mode. If you don't and are viewing a photo you just made the button will swap among the various multi-image playback modes! WB (White Balance): I use AUTO -3 (A -3) and use ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 9
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide MENUS: PLAYBACK MENU ("[ > ]" icon) Press MENU and then select the "[ > ] " (play) icon to get into the play menu. Delete: This is helpful if you want to delete all imag es while saving those for which you pressed the "? / Key" button to lock. I don't use this. I do all my editi ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 10
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide I prefer my custom settings below because I prefer to leave the chroma cranked all the way up and let the camera automatically control contrast and sh arpening as conditions change. Your style of photography will differ. You can look at the images made with each of the canned settings directly to see how you like them. ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 11
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide saw no difference when printed either on Inkjets or on the $250,000 Lightjet 5000 on Fuji Supergloss. Oh well! Using Adobe RGB is asking for trouble unl ess you really know what you're doing and have complete control over your process. If you have to ask, don't use Adobe RGB. Mode IIIa is secret code for a st ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 12
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide First select the "Detailed" mode under Menu > Setup (wrench) Menu > CSM menu, otherwise you'll only to get the first few items! [R] Menu Reset: This returns everything below to factory default. Play with everything below to your heart's content, since if you do screw anything up this reset wil ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 13
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide meter, or make it smaller to be more like a spot. This setting doesn't have any effect on the spot meter. The spot meter is independent of the center weighted meter. 12: BKT Set: This controls what's changed when the camera brackets. You can change it to alter the white balance, or the exposure, or just the f ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 14
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide 21: Slowest Shutter Speed: This sets the slowest shutter speed the camera will use in low light in the P and A modes, in normal flash sync. I set this to 1/8 indoors if people hold still. Default is 1/30. I usually leave it at 1/15. Set this slower to let the ambient light have more effect indoors with flash, and set i ...
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Nikon D70/D70s - page 15
Nikon D70/D70s User’s Guide LCD Brightness isn't. LCD Brightness sets the viewing angle for the LCD, not the brightness of the backlight. I leave it on 0. Only play with it if you l ook at the LCD from odd angles or work in very hot or cold temperatures Mirror Lock-Up isn't. This setting is used to lock up the mirror to clean the CCD. I ...
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