Nikon Camera D810 Users Manual

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4Position the cursor in the 
selected menu.
Press 2 to position the 
cursor in the selected 
menu.
5Highlight a menu item.
Press  1 or  3 to highlight a 
menu item.
6Display options.
Press  2 to display options 
for the selected menu 
item.
7Highlight an option.
Press  1 or  3 to highlight 
an option. 
						

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8Select the highlighted item.
Press J to select the highlighted 
item.
 To exit without making a 
selection, press the  G button.
Note the following points:
• Menu items that are displayed in gray are not currently 
available.
• While pressing  2 or the center of the multi selector generally 
has the same effect as pressing  J, there are some cases in 
which selection can only be made by pressing  J.
• To exit the menus and return to shooting mode, press the 
shutter-release button halfway.
J  button 
						

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Basic Photography and Playback
1Ready the Camera.
When framing photographs in the 
viewfinder, hold the handgrip in your 
right hand and cradle the camera 
body or lens with your left.
When framing photographs in 
portrait (tall) orientation, hold the 
camera as shown at right.
2Frame the photograph.
At default settings, the camera will 
focus on the subject in the center 
focus point.
 Frame a photograph in 
the viewfinder with the main subject 
in the center focus point.
“Point-and-Shoot” Photography
Focus point 
						

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3Press the shutter-release 
button halfway.
Press the shutter-release 
button halfway to focus (if 
the subject is poorly lit, 
the AF-assist illuminator 
may light).
 The in-focus 
indicator ( I) will appear in 
the viewfinder when the focus operation is complete.
4Shoot.
Smoothly press the 
shutter-release-button the 
rest of the way down to 
take the photograph.
 The 
memory card access lamp 
will light and the 
photograph will be 
displayed in the monitor 
for a few seconds.
 Do not eject the memory card or remove or 
disconnect the power source until the lamp has gone out and 
recording is complete.
Viewfinder displayDescription
I Subject in focus.
F Focus point is between camera and subject.
H Focus point is behind subject.
FH
(flashes) Camera unable to focus on subject in focus point 
using autofocus.
 See page 99.
Focus indicator
Memory card access 
lamp 
						

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1Press the K button.
A photograph will be displayed in the 
monitor.
 The memory card 
containing the picture currently 
displayed is shown by an icon.
2View additional pictures.
Additional pictures can be 
displayed by pressing  4 
or  2.
 To view additional 
information on the current 
photograph, press  1 and 
3  (0 238).
To end playback and return to shooting mode, press the 
shutter-release button halfway.
Basic Playback 
K  button 
						

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AImage Review
When  On is selected for  Image review in the playback menu ( 0287), 
photographs are automatically displayed in the monitor for a few 
seconds after shooting.
ASee Also
See page 237 for information on choosing a memory card slot. 
						

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Deleting Unwanted Photographs
To delete the photograph currently displayed in the monitor, 
press the O (Q ) button.
 Note that photographs can not be 
recovered on ce deleted.
1Display the photograph.
Display the photograph you wish to 
delete as described on the preceding 
page.
 The location of the current 
image is shown by an icon at the 
bottom left corner of the display.
2Delete the photograph.
Press the  O (Q ) button.
 A 
confirmation dialog will be displayed; 
press the  O (Q ) button again to 
delete the image and return to 
playback.
 To exit without deleting 
the picture, press  K.
 
ADelete
To delete multiple images or to select the memory card from which 
images will be deleted, use the  Delete option in the playback menu 
( 0 252).
O (Q ) button 
						

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AThe Standby Timer (Viewfinder Photography)
The viewfinder indicator display and control panel 
shutter speed and aperture di splay will turn off if no 
operations are performed for  about six seconds, reducing 
the drain on the battery.
 Press the shutter-release button 
halfway to reactivate the display. The length of time 
before the standby timer expires automatically can be selected using 
Custom Setting c2 ( Standby timer, 0 319).
Exposure meters offExposure meters on 
						

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Live View Photography
Follow the steps below to take photographs in live view.
1Rotate the live view selector to C 
(live view photography).
2Press the  a button.
The mirror will be raised and the view 
through the lens will be displayed in 
the camera monitor.
 The subject will 
no longer be visible in the viewfinder.
3Position the focus point.
Position the focus point over your subject as described on 
page 40.
Live view selector
a  button 
						

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4Focus.
Press the shutter-release button 
halfway to focus.
The focus point will flash green while 
the camera focuses.
 If the camera is 
able to focus, the focus point will be 
displayed in green; if the camera is 
unable to focus, the focus point will 
flash red (note that pictures can be 
taken even when the focus point 
flashes red; check focus in the 
monitor before shooting).
 Exposure can be locked by 
pressing the  AAE-L/AF-L  button ( 0128); focus locks while the 
shutter-release button is pressed halfway.
AExposure Preview
During live view photography, you can 
press  J to preview the effects of shutter 
speed, aperture, and ISO sensitivity on 
exposure.
 Exposure can be adjusted by 
±5 EV ( 0130), although only values 
between –3 and +3 EV are reflected in 
the preview display.
 Note that the 
preview may not accurately reflect the 
final results when flash lighting  is used, Active D-Lighting (0182), 
High Dynamic Range (HDR;  0184), or bracketing is in effect,  A 
(auto) is selected for the Picture Control  Contrast parameter 
( 0 174), or a value other than  0 is selected for  Clarity (0 174), or 
p  is selected for shutter speed.
 If the subject is very bright or 
very dark, the exposure indicators will flash to warn that the 
preview may not accurately reflect exposure.
 Exposure preview is 
not available when  A or & is selected for shutter speed.
AAE-L/AF-L  button