Document Outline

• When your first photo can’t wait
• Package contents
• About this document
• Table of contents
• Menu list
• For your safety
• Notices
• Getting to know the camera
  • Parts of the camera
    • Camera body
    • Control panel
    • The monitor and viewfinder
  • Camera controls
    • Viewfinder
    • The monitor mode button
    • The mode selector
    • The shutter-speed dial
    • The command dials
    • The ISO sensitivity dial
    • The exposure compensation dial
    • Monitor
    • Touch controls
    • The DISP button
    • The playback zoom and thumbnail (help) buttons
    • The AE-L/AF-L (protect) button
    • The MENU button
    • The i button (the i menu)
    • The Fn button
• First steps
  • Attaching the strap
  • Charging the battery
  • Inserting the battery and a memory card
    • Battery level
    • Number of exposures remaining
  • Attaching a lens
    • Detaching lenses
  • Opening the monitor
  • Turning on the camera
• Basic photography and playback
  • Taking photographs (auto)
  • Recording videos (auto)
    • Taking photos in video mode
  • Viewing photos
    • Viewing videos
    • Deleting unwanted pictures
• Basic settings
  • Focus
    • Focus mode
    • AF-area mode
    • The touch shutter
    • Manual focus
  • White balance
    • Adjusting white balance
  • Silent photography
  • Rating pictures
  • Protecting pictures from deletion
• Shooting controls
  • The mode selector
    • Using the mode selector
    • P (programmed auto)
    • S (shutter-priority auto)
    • A (aperture-priority auto)
    • M (manual)
  • The ISO sensitivity dial
    • Adjusting ISO sensitivity
  • The exposure compensation dial
    • Adjusting exposure compensation
  • The AE-L/AF-L (protect) button
    • Exposure lock
    • Focus lock
    • Locking focus and exposure
• The i menu
  • The i menu
  • Still images
    • Set Picture Control
    • White balance
    • Image quality
    • Image size
    • Flash mode
    • Metering
    • Wi-Fi connection
    • Active D-Lighting
    • Release mode
    • Vibration reduction
    • AF-area mode
    • Focus mode
  • Videos
    • Set Picture Control
    • White balance
    • Frame size and rate/Video quality
    • Microphone sensitivity
    • Wind noise reduction
    • Metering
    • Wi-Fi connection
    • Active D-Lighting
    • Electronic VR
    • Vibration reduction
    • AF-area mode
    • Focus mode
• Playback
  • Viewing pictures
    • Full-frame playback
    • Thumbnail playback
    • Calendar playback
  • Photo information
    • File information
    • Exposure data
    • Highlight display
    • RGB histogram
    • Shooting data
    • Location data
    • Overview
  • The i button (playback mode)
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • Videos (playback paused)
  • Playback zoom
    • Using playback zoom
  • Deleting pictures
    • Using the delete button
    • Deleting multiple pictures
• Menu guide
  • Defaults
    • Playback menu defaults
    • Photo shooting menu defaults
    • Video recording menu defaults
    • Custom Settings menu defaults
    • Setup menu defaults
  • The playback menu: Managing images
    • Delete
    • Playback folder
    • Playback display options
    • Picture review
    • Rotate tall
    • Slide show
      • Viewing slide shows
    • Rating
  • The photo shooting menu: Shooting options
    • Reset photo shooting menu
    • Storage folder
      • Renaming folders
      • Select folder by number
      • Select folder from list
    • File naming
    • Choose image area
    • Image quality
    • Image size
    • RAW recording
    • ISO sensitivity settings
    • White balance
      • The white balance menu: Fine-tuning
      • The white balance menu: Choosing a color temperature
      • Preset manual: Copying white balance from a photograph
    • Set Picture Control
      • Modifying Picture Controls from the menus
    • Manage Picture Control
      • Creating custom Picture Controls
    • Color space
    • Active D-Lighting
    • Long exposure NR
    • High ISO NR
    • Vignette control
    • Diffraction compensation
    • Auto distortion control
    • Flicker reduction shooting
    • Metering
    • Flash control
      • Flash control mode
      • Wireless flash options
      • Group flash options
    • Flash mode
    • Flash compensation
    • Release mode
    • Focus mode
    • AF-area mode
    • Vibration reduction
    • Auto bracketing
      • Exposure and flash bracketing
      • White balance bracketing
      • ADL bracketing
    • Multiple exposure
      • Creating a multiple exposure
    • HDR (high dynamic range)
      • Taking HDR photographs
    • Interval timer shooting
      • Interval-timer photography
    • Time-lapse video
      • Recording time-lapse videos
    • Focus shift shooting
      • Focus shift photography
    • Silent photography
  • The video recording menu: Video recording options
    • Reset video recording menu
    • File naming
    • Frame size/frame rate
    • Video quality
    • Video file type
    • ISO sensitivity settings
    • White balance
    • Set Picture Control
    • Manage Picture Control
    • Active D-Lighting
    • High ISO NR
    • Vignette control
    • Diffraction compensation
    • Auto distortion control
    • Flicker reduction
    • Metering
    • Release mode (save frame)
    • Focus mode
    • AF-area mode
    • Vibration reduction
    • Electronic VR
    • Microphone sensitivity
    • Attenuator
    • Frequency response
    • Wind noise reduction
    • Timecode
  • Custom Settings: Fine-tuning camera settings
    • Reset custom settings
    • a: Autofocus
      • a1: AF-C priority selection
      • a2: AF-S priority selection
      • a3: Focus tracking with lock-on
      • a4: Focus points used
      • a5: Store points by orientation
      • a6: AF activation
        • Out-of-focus release
      • a7: Limit AF-area mode selection
      • a8: Focus point wrap-around
      • a9: Focus point options
        • Manual focus mode
        • Dynamic-area AF assist
      • a10: Low-light AF
      • a11: Built-in AF-assist illuminator
      • a12: Manual focus ring in AF mode
    • b: Metering/exposure
      • b1: Easy exposure compensation
      • b2: Center-weighted area
      • b3: Fine-tune optimal exposure
      • b4: Auto mode exposure comp.
    • c: Timers/AE lock
      • c1: Shutter-release button AE-L
      • c2: Self-timer
      • c3: Power off delay
    • d: Shooting/display
      • d1: CL mode shooting speed
      • d2: Maximum shots per burst
      • d3: Exposure delay mode
      • d4: Shutter type
      • d5: Extended shutter speeds (M)
      • d6: File number sequence
      • d7: Apply settings to live view
      • d8: Framing grid display
      • d9: Focus peaking
        • Peaking level
        • Peaking highlight color
      • d10: View all in continuous mode
    • e: Bracketing/flash
      • e1: Flash sync speed
      • e2: Flash shutter speed
      • e3: Exposure comp. for flash
      • e4: Auto flash ISO sensitivity control
      • e5: Auto bracketing (mode M)
      • e6: Bracketing order
    • f: Controls
      • f1: Customize i menu
        • Bluetooth connection
      • f2: Custom controls (shooting)
      • f3: Custom controls (playback)
      • f4: Customize command dials
        • Reverse rotation
        • Change main/sub
        • Menus and playback
        • Sub-dial frame advance
      • f5: Release button to use dial
      • f6: Reverse indicators
    • g: Video
      • g1: Customize i menu
        • Bluetooth connection
      • g2: Custom controls
      • g3: AF speed
      • g4: AF tracking sensitivity
      • g5: Highlight display
        • Display pattern
        • Highlight display threshold
  • The setup menu: Camera setup
    • Format memory card
    • Language
    • Time zone and date
    • Monitor brightness
    • Monitor color balance
    • Viewfinder brightness
    • Viewfinder color balance
    • Limit monitor mode selection
    • Information display
    • AF fine-tuning options
      • Creating and saving fine-tuning values
      • Choosing a default fine-tuning value
    • Non-CPU lens data
    • Save focus position
    • Image Dust Off ref photo
      • Acquiring Image Dust Off reference data
    • Pixel mapping
    • Image comment
      • Input comment
      • Attach comment
    • Copyright information
      • Artist/Copyright
      • Attach copyright information
    • Beep options
      • Beep on/off
      • Volume
      • Pitch
    • Touch controls
      • Enable/disable touch controls
      • Full-frame playback flicks
    • Self-portrait mode
    • HDMI
    • Airplane mode
    • Connect to smart device
      • Pairing (Bluetooth)
      • Select for upload (Bluetooth)
      • Wi-Fi connection
      • Upload while off
      • Location data (smart device)
    • Connect to computer
      • Wi-Fi connection
      • Network settings
      • Options
      • MAC address
    • Wireless remote (ML-L7) options
      • Wireless remote connection
      • Save wireless remote controller
      • Delete wireless remote controller
      • Assign Fn1 button/Assign Fn2 button
    • Conformity marking
    • USB power delivery
    • Energy saving (photo mode)
    • Slot empty release lock
    • Save/load menu settings
      • Save menu settings
      • Load menu settings
    • Reset all settings
    • Firmware version
  • The retouch menu: Creating retouched copies
    • Creating retouched copies
    • RAW processing: Converting RAW to JPEG
    • Trim
    • Resize
      • Resizing multiple images
    • D-Lighting
    • Red-eye correction
    • Straighten
    • Distortion control
    • Perspective control
    • Monochrome
    • Overlay pictures
      • Add
      • Lighten and darken
    • Trim video
  • My Menu/Recent settings
    • My Menu: Creating a custom menu
    • Recent settings: Accessing recently-used settings
• Establishing wireless connections to computers or smart devices
  • Network options
  • Connecting to computers via Wi-Fi
    • What Wi-Fi can do for you
    • The Wireless Transmitter Utility
    • Infrastructure and access-point modes
    • Connecting in access-point mode
    • Connecting in infrastructure mode
    • Uploading pictures
    • Disconnecting and reconnecting
  • Connecting to smart devices
    • The SnapBridge app
    • What SnapBridge can do for you
    • Wireless connections
    • Connecting via Bluetooth (pairing)
    • Connecting via Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi mode)
  • Troubleshooting
• Cabled connections to computers and HDMI devices
  • Connecting to computers via USB
    • Installing NX Studio
    • Copying pictures to a computer using NX Studio
  • Connecting to HDMI devices
    • TVs
    • Recorders
• On-Camera flash photography
  • “On-camera” versus “remote”
    • Camera-mounted flash units
    • Remote flash photography
  • Using an on-camera flash
  • Flash control mode
  • Flash modes
  • Flash compensation
  • FV lock
• Remote flash photography
  • What is remote flash photography?
  • Controlling remote flash units
    • Using optical AWL with the SB-500
• Troubleshooting
  • Before contacting customer support
  • Problems and solutions
    • Battery/display
    • Shooting
    • Playback
    • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (wireless networks)
    • Miscellaneous
  • Alerts and error messages
    • Alerts
    • Error messages
• Technical notes
  • Compatible lenses and accessories
  • Camera displays
    • Monitor
    • Viewfinder
  • Compatible flash units
    • The Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)
    • Features available with CLS-compatible flash units
    • Notes and tips for optional flash units
  • Other compatible accessories
    • Charging the camera with the charging AC adapter
    • ML-L7 Remote Control
  • Software
  • Caring for the camera
    • Storage
    • Cleaning
    • Manual cleaning
  • Caring for the camera and battery: Cautions
    • Camera care
    • Battery care
    • Using the charger
    • Using the charging AC adapter
  • Specifications
    • Nikon Z fc digital camera
  • Approved memory cards
  • Portable chargers (power banks)
  • Memory card capacity
  • Battery endurance
  • AF-assist illumination
  • Trademarks and licenses
  • Notices
  • Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (wireless LAN)
• Index