Nikon D800 Quick Setup Manual

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Introduction

Throw away your cheat-sheets and command cards! Are you tired of squinting

at tiny color-coded tables on fold-out camera cards? Do you wish you had the

most essential information extracted from my comprehensive David Busch's

Nikon D800/D800E Guide to Digital SLR Photography in a size you could tuck

away in your camera bag? I've condensed the basic reference material you need

in this handy, lay-flat book, David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon

D800/D800E. In it, you'll find the explanations of why to use each setting and

option—information that is missing from the cheat-sheets and the book pack-

aged with the camera. You won't find the generic information that pads out the

other compact guides. I think you'll want to have both this reference and my

full-sized guide—one to help you set up and use your Nikon D800, and the

other to savor as you master the full range of things this great camera can do.

About the Author

With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world's #1

selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital pho-

tography series like David Busch's Pro Secrets, David Busch's Quick Snap Guides,

and David Busch's Guides to Digital SLR Photography. As a roving photojour-

nalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and

newspaper reports with award-winning images. Busch operated his own com-

mercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire,

and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His pho-

tos and articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, Rangefinder,

The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He's also

reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his

advice has been featured on NPR's All Tech Considered. Visit his website at

www.dslrguides.com/blog.

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Page 1 I’ve condensed the basic reference material you need in this handy, lay-flat book, David Busch’s Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D800/D800E. In it, you’ll find the explanations of why to use each setting and option—information that is missing from the cheat-sheets and the book pack- aged with the camera.
Page 2 This chapter contains the essential information you need to get your Nikon D800 prepped and ready to go. You’ll learn how to use a few of the basic con- trols and features, and how to transfer your photos to your computer. If you want a more complete map of the functions of your camera, skip ahead to Chapter 2.
Page 3 David Busch’s Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D800/D800E Introducing Menus and the Multi Selector You’ll find descriptions of most of the controls used with the Nikon D800 in Chapter 2, which provides a complete “roadmap” of the camera’s buttons and dials and switches.
Page 4 Mounting the Lens If your D800 has no lens attached, you’ll need to mount one before shooting: 1. Select the lens and loosen (but do not remove) the rear lens cap. 2. Remove the body cap on the camera by rotating the cap away from the shutter release button.

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