You can swap among time zones without having to reset the seconds, a boon for me who keeps his D5200 set to the exact second. Want to reset your D5200 for Fiji or Tonga? Just click. There is a nice map for finding time zones. You shouldn't need to touch this unless you're traveling. When set properly to your local power frequency (60 Hz for US and Japan or 50 Hz for Europe), this helps reduce the flickering seen when shooting movies under crappy artificial lighting like fluorescent, mercury or sodium lighting. I leave it at AUTO.ĭevice Control allows some pieces of equipment to control one or another remotely. Otherwise, it sets itself automatically by default. Output Resolution allows you to fix the output at one resolution. Read Why Images Look Awful from the Video Output for more.įor high-quality video output, use the HDMI output. This output will always look much worse on a TV or projector than images do on a computer or projected through a computer. (525 lines, 59.94 Hz) in the Americas and Japan, and PAL (625 lines, This sets the analog video output's television format. If you pay Nikon another $135 for NikonĬapture software you can use this to erase the dust more easilyįrom your images shot in raw. I know people who have destroyed their own $5,000 cameras thinking some magic swabs or pads would let them save paying Nikon $50 to do it properly.ĭust on your sensor. This lets you lock-up the mirror and open the shutter to let you try to clean the sensor yourself.ĭon't do this I send my cameras to Nikon if they ever need a real cleaning. This lets you tell the D5200 to clean its own sensor, and if you want it to clean itself every time you turn it on or off.īy default, it cleans itself everytime the power is turned off or on. If you don't turn it off, it keeps turning on the INFO screen just about any time the D5200 is on. This is ON by default, and it drives me crazy. This is supposed to help new photographers, but it won't.Ĭhoose whichever you prefer: I prefer the blue classic. Most things are smaller to make room for the goofy moving picture of a diaphragm on the left. I use this option because it makes everything the biggest and easiest to see. MENU > WRENCH > Info display format > Classic or Graphic. This lets you change the appearance of the LCD screens in which you make adjustments. Went away as soon as I reformatted the card. After a few months I started to get errors. One time I kept saving my winner shots on a card by simply erasing We don't use cards to archive previous photos. This is because files andįolder structures are sometimes messed up or changed when the card is read in-camera or with a reader, or used in any other camera.īe safe rather than sorry. Erasing does not, and leaves potential errors lurking.Īnd every time a card is put in the camera. MENU > WRENCH > Format memory card > YES > OK. I format cards every time I put one in my D5200, and every time I go shooting. This menu contains the secret message mode I use to encode my © and contact information into every file shot with my D5200. This sets the usual housekeeping items like languages, video formats, auto image rotation, the clock and file numbering. You'll then see SETUP MENU on the top of the LCD. Set Up Menu by pressing MENU, moving to the left and then up or down to select the wrench In the USA, call (800) NIKON-UX, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPal me $5.00 per printout or part thereof. If you haven't helped yet, please do, and consider helping me with a gift of $5.00.Īs this page is copyrighted and formally registered, it is unlawful to make copies, especially in the form of printouts for personal use. It's great people like you who allow me to keep adding to this site full-time. If you've gotten your gear through one of my links or helped otherwise, you're family. Have had to take, feel free to help me continue helping everyone. Page as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may These places have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. It costs you nothing, and is this site's, and thus my family's, biggest source of support. The biggest help is when you use any of these links when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem.
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