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Nikon D700 User's Guide:
Custom Setting Menu: Timers/AE lock

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c1 - c4: Timers/AE lock

How to Get Here

Press MENU, go to the left and select up and down to the pencil icon. You'll then see CUSTOM SETTING MENU on the color LCD. Click down to c TIMERS/AE&AF LOCK and click to the right.

What it Does

AE lock is important to getting perfect files straight from the D700 without editing.

Timers optimize battery life vs. convenience.

What I Change

I change all of them except c1. I leave c1 at its default.


c1 Shutter-release button AE-L       top

This lets you lock the exposure with the shutter button, like a point-and-shoot camera. You don't want that, so leave this one alone.

The D700 has a dedicated AE Lock button. You don't want the shutter button to lock exposure.


c2 Auto meter-off delay        top

This sets how long the meter stays awake.

Shorter times will save the battery. Set it longer if you have to keep hitting the shutter to wake the meter in the middle of composing shots. I use 8 seconds.


c3 Self-timer delay        top

This sets the self-timer delay.

10 seconds is for taking Christmas card photos.

2 seconds is for replacing a $100 cable release when using a tripod with long exposures.


c4 Monitor-off delay       top

This sets how long the rear LCD stays lit. There are separate settings for Playback, Menus, Shooting INFO display (the rear 3" LCD lighting up with all your settings) and IMage Review (the auto playback of a shot you just made.


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KNOBS and BUTTONS

     FRONT

     TOP PANEL

     BACK

MENUS

     PLAYBACK   

     SHOOTING MENU

     CUSTOM SETTING MENU

          a Autofocus

          b Metering/Exposure

          c Timers/AE&AF Lock

          d Shooting/Display < < NEXT

          e Bracketing/Flash

          f Controls

     SET UP MENU

     RETOUCH MENU

     MY MENU MENU

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