Nikon 8400 User Manual

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echnical Notes

Frame coverage

Approximately 97% horizontal and 97% vertical (shooting)

Monitor

1.8˝, 134,000-dot, High Transmissive Advanced TFT LCD monitor
with brightness and hue adjustment

Exposure
Metering

Four mode through-the-lens (TTL) metering:

Range

Exposure control

Programmed auto exposure with fl exible program, shutter-prior-
ity auto, aperture-priority auto, manual, exposure compensation
(–2.0 – +2.0 EV in

1 3

EV steps), autoexposure bracketing, AE-BSS

• 256-segment matrix

• Spot

• Center-weighted

• Spot AF area

W: 0 – +18.5 EV

T: +1.5 – +18.5 EV

Sensitivity

Approximately equivalent to ISO 50, 100, 200, 400; Auto

Aperture
Range

Ten settings in steps of

1 3

EV (to minimum of f/7.9)

Seven-blade iris diaphragm.

Storage

Media

Type I and II CompactFlash

(CF) and Microdrive cards

File formats

Uncompressed: RAW (NEF), TIFF-RGB
Compressed: JPEG-baseline-compliant (1 : 2, 1 : 4, 1 : 8, 1 : 16)
Movies: QuickTime

Sound fi les: WAV

File system

Compliant with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)

*

, Exif

2.2

, and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF)

Self-timer

10 s or 3 s; can be used with supplied ML-L3 remote control

Built-in Speedlight
Range (Auto ISO)

W: 0.5 – 6.0 m/1´ 8˝– 19´8˝

T: 0.5 – 3.0 m/1´ 8˝– 9´10˝

Sync method

Standard i-TTL fl ash

Accessory shoe
Sync contact

X-contact only

Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock

Interface

USB 2.0 high speed

Video output

Can be selected from NTSC and PAL

Shutter
Speed

Mechanical and charge-coupled electronic shutter
2 –

1 3,000

s (auto and exposure mode P), 8 –

1 3,000

s (exposure modes S

and A), BULB / TIME (max. 10 min.) and 8 –

1 3,000

s (exposure mode M),

1 30

1 8,000

s (Ultra HS). Maximum at some apertures is

1 1,500

s.

* A standard widely used in the digital camera industry to ensure compatibility among different makes.
† Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras. Version 2.2 allows information stored with

pictures to be used for optimal color reproduction when images are output on Exif-compliant printers.

Supported
languages

Chinese (Simplifi ed and Traditional), Dutch, English, French, Ger-
man, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish

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